This means iomega pre formated zip !!!
If you format with your windows then is recognized like hdd
if factory (iomega) formated is recognized like hdd4 (For example the iomega
tool disk)
Hope it helps
Kevin Boylan wrote:
> >> Kevin....if youy're using factory formatted media then it will identify
> >> as hdd4 (partition 4).
>
> I read in a how-to that it is not known why hdd4 was chosen.
>
> But I'm curious. By factory formatted media, do you (Alan) mean
> dos/Windows or linux formatted? The disks I would have in my zip drive
> would be dos formatted.
>
> On boot up the system definitely recognizes that there is an ATAPI zip
> drive and it says it is hdd (just hdd with no number). But if I add
>
> /dev/hdd /mnt/zip auto defaults 0 0
>
> to fstab, I don't get any errors, but I can't seem to see anything on the
> drive. Do I just create the /mnt/zip directory as a regular directory or
> does it have to be created in any special way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
