Subject: Re: Zip Disk?
From: Rob Brandt (rbrandt@sbdsl.com)
Date: Sat Jun 30 2001 - 11:13:48 MDT
I'll try doing a full Mac format reformat with Ziptools.
I should also report my efforts at trying to mount a DOS format zip
disk. Before I even tried anything I wasn't sure whether zip support
would be for DOS or Windows format, so I prepared one of each and put
the rpms on them that I wanted to install on my 6100. See previous
posts for my results with Mac format. On the DOS disk, it WOULD
successfully mount, but each file name was represented by a string of
question marks EXCEPT for the 8.3 file names created by ziptools
(desktop, Finder.dat, the folder Resource.frk, etc.). So I know I am
using the right device and ID to address the zip drive. Does DOS
support handle only 8.3 file names, or are the question marks for
longer file names indicative of another problem somewhere?
Thanks
Rob
>Rob Brandt wrote:
>
>> Yes, when I issued the pdisk -l /dev/sdb1 the light on the zip lit
>> up, so I know it's going to the right device. I'll try the line
>> below when I get home tonight.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
>If the 'pdisk /dev/sdb' doesn't work you might check the formatting on your
>
>disk from the Mac side. I just ran into exactly the same error when I tried
>to
>mount a "dos" zip disk from my Windblows laptop. After fussing around
>trying
>different mount types for a bit until I got bored. then I stuck in a mac
>formated zip disk and the mount command (mount -t hfs /dev/sdb /mnt/zip in
>my case)
>worked just fine. Reformated the dos disk with Ziptools and it seems to
>mount fine
>as well :)
>
>D
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