I figured it was more complicated, since you mentioned a Mac, I figured it
may be mac formatted.
I just created a /mnt/zip directory, then added to the /etc/fstab the
following line:
/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat default,umask=0 1 1
Where the sda maps to the lowest IDed SCSI drive. My 2 SCSI hard drives
have higher numbers, and are sdb and sdc.
The 4 maps to the partition number. Preformatted ZIP disks for some reason
are generally at 4. You can see this by doing a (non destructive) fdisk of
/dev/sda to see what number it used.
The vfat gives you long filenames, assuming they are compiled as modules or
into your kernel. Base LM 8 supports it.
default chooses normal default options, I added an umask=0 so non-root users
could, by default, read/write to the disk.
Once in the /etc/fstab file, you can, as root, type mount /mnt/zip
Other options are available if you want to enable other people than root to
mount the disk, or even supermount which may mount it automatically.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 7:51 PM
To: Kevin Krieser
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [expert] Scsi Iomega Zip Drive external
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Kevin Krieser wrote:
> You need to have a supported filesystem installed in your Linux computer.
>
> I've had good luck with the SCSI ZIP drive under Linux, though I recently
> moved it to another box because my SCSI chain was too long. But I only
used
> VFAT on it.
>
> I just checked the 2.4.4 kernels, I don't know about the 2.4.3 kernel in
LM,
> there is EXPERIMENTAL support for the Apple Macintosh filesystem. And to
> see experimental drivers, you have to go into the Code Maturity Level
> option.
>
> And here I didn't even know there WERE zip tools for Linux. I've never
even
> used them under Windows.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 6:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Scsi Iomega Zip Drive external
>
>
> I decided to put my zip drive from my Mac onto my Linux box.
>
> So far I've had it reconized by the system, but I'm unable to mount it.
>
> I've downloaded the zip tools for Linux, but am wondering if Mandrake 8.0
> w/2.4.3 kernel has drivers for this external device? How do I go about
> mounting it?
Well thanks, but I'm not trying to use HFS or HFS+, I've just moved the
hardware over. I'm trying to mount Pc Formated zip disks, much the same as
one does with floppies.
What I'm trying to find out is what do I need to do to have it mounted.
For example to access my floppy I `cd /mnt/floppy', what is the
corresponding command to mount and go to my Iomega Scsi drive? Do I have
to create mount points? How do I do this?
Thanks
--
Cheers,
Steve - ICQ 35454764
Toronto
