Hi! What I should have added, is that I use the USB port. I have built into the kernel usb-storage, usb-core, ide-scsi, sg, and I amalso running hotplug, usbutils, modutils. I have a mount point /zip for the drive, and here is what happens when I start up the system:
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices scsi : 1 host. usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. eth0: Initial media type 10baseT. usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.237 $ time 23:10:21 Mar 13 2001 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1040, IRQ 9 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 856 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 857 scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices scsi : 2 hosts. usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 866 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 891 Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: 10.V Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 905 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 937 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 943 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 949 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 955 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 961 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 985 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1059 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1103 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1180 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1186 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1195 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1201 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1207 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1214 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1220 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1226 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1235 usb-storage: bus_reset() requested but not implemented usb-storage: bus_reset() requested but not implemented usb-storage: host_reset() requested but not implemented usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1910 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1916 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1922 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1928 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1934 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1940 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1946 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1952 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1958 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1964 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1970 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1976 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1982 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1988 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1994 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 2000 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 2006 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 2012 usb-storage: bus_reset() requested but not implemented usb-storage: bus_reset() requested but not implemented usb-storage: host_reset() requested but not implemented usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 627 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 633 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 639 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 645 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 651 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 657 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 663 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 669 usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 675 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 0, message = 00, host = 7, driver = 00 sda : sense not available. sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 unable to read partition table WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 2 The Zip disk is an unused Windows formatted disk. I am lost - where do I go from here.. Thanks! JTLarsen "Gilger.John" wrote: > 1. Do you have a disk installed? > > 2. Did you add ppa or imm and parport_pc support when you compiled your > kernal? Or did you insert (insmod) those modules? > > 3. Does your sysstem recognize the zip drive on boot? > > John Gilger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joern T. Larsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 01:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: zip drive problems... > > When I try do mount my zip drive > > mount /dev/sda4 /zip > > I get the message > > mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device. > > What am I missing..... > > Thanks! > > JTLarsen
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