Re: How to mount ide ZIP (mac format)


Paul J. Schinder (schinder@pobox.com)
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:31:00 -0400


On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 17:05:04 -0600 (MDT), Dan Burcaw wrote:
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>Do a: dmesg |less
>Is your zip indeed hdb? If it is, try mounting /dev/hdb1

The big hfs partition on a Mac formatted Zip will be either hdb4 or hdb5.

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>On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Andrew Diller wrote:
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>> How can you mount the ide zip on a beige g3 with YDL?

And I thought the internal Zip on a beige G3 is SCSI. It certainly is as
my wife's G3.

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>> I think that hda is the ide hd, hdb is the zip, hdc is the cdrom.
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>> trying:
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>> > mount /dev/hdb /zip
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>> returns " /dev/hdb is not a valid block device"
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>> I can't see /dev/hda because its HFS+.
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>> I need a way to transfer over new rpms to YDL.
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>Dan
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>Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
> website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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Paul J. Schinder
schinder@pobox.com



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