> > > > I had the same problem. > > Mandrake will create a /dev/hd? if you've got a disk in the drive during > > boot. You can them mount/umount at will.
... > It may not be the proper solution but this worked for me. > Ide Zip drive hdc. > Append Lilo: hdc=ide-scsi > This will create a new device /mnt/zip100.0 > and Hardrake under floppy devices will show your Zip as both /dev/hdc and > /dev/sda. > > You can then if you choose comment out the old entries. > I left mine as is, so now during boot I get bad block device errors when > it looks > for /dev/fd04, but it does not prevent booting or otherwise harm any thing > else. > Using ide-scsi will help the first time only (because first time you access /dev/sda4 module will be loaded and bus rescanned) and only if not loaded on bootup. If you now eject media you get exactly the same situation as described. The real fix is to use devfs names e.g. /dev/discs/disc2/part4 (if you find /dev/ide/... too long). I could not find any solution that would enable transparent use of legacy device names (any easy solution that is; given that the above workaround exists, and strictly speaking is proper workaround, it is unlikely anybody will waste time to create one). -andrej
