When i do this it asks for the file system type? mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip hmm, it also gives me same message when i do mount /dev/hdc /cdrom i can't mount devices anymore...ouch..i konw there is easy answer to this i just forget.
On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, mjv wrote: > That's too easy :) Are there any dependencies I should know about? > > Thanks, > Mike > > Stef wrote: > > > > I have computers that don't have cd's so I installed the base system > > > from floppies. (It works! :) What do I have to do to set up a zip drive > > > on the parallel port so I can start installing packages (can't handle a > > > stack of hundreds of floppies). > > > > You just insmod the module for ZIP. Its in the section of the scsi > > modules (yes, also if your ZIP is not the scsi version, but just the > > parallel port flavour!) Then you can mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip if your > > ZIP disk is an ordinary dos one and you first did a mkdir /mnt/zip. > > > > Stef > > > > > > -- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
