Hello The zip drive is working now. What I did was:
mknod b part1 8 1 mknod b part2 8 2 mknod b part3 8 3 mknod b part4 8 4 The number 8 comes from the block device created by mandrake. Now I can mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip2 where /dev/sda4 is a soft link to scsi/.../part4. Thanks a lot. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Sword" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 2:17 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Where did LM 8.1 hide /dev/sda4 (parallel zip)? > Dinos Kouroushaklis wrote: > > > > I have the same problem but I have another SCSI adapter card, a Tekram 390F. > > When the card is on the machine I can not see the ZipDrive. > > When I remove the Tekram SCSI adapter card, the ZipDrive is fine. > > > > Does anyone know anything on how to make this work? > > > > Regards > > > > At 14:50 21/12/2001 +1100, you wrote: > > >On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:32, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > My parallel zip worked just fine with LM 8.0. Unfortunatley I had to > > > > upgrade my system to LM 8.1 (I want o to run multiple Xs). I said > > > > unfortunately because LM 8.1 has lots of funny stuff (for instance, ps2 > > > > mouse -gpm - is a nightmare!). > > > > > > > > I tried to issue the command moutn -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip2 but an error > > > > message came out "no such device". LM 8.1 defined /dev/sda4 on fstab but > > > > I've checked the dev dir and I couldn't find sda4 (though /dev/sda is > > > > pointing the right place - cdrecord -scanbus confirms that my system has a > > > > zip on 0,6,0). > > > > > > > > How can I create /dev/sda4? Or how can I mount /dev/sda4? > > I haven't followed the complete thread of the problem so if I'm way off > base let me know. > > ----------------------------- > man mknod. > > But you probably don't want to create this. Try making a link to the > device that /dev/sda is pointing. > > Do a ls -l /dev/sda to get the full name of the device, then issue the > proper command to make the link. > > man ln for the correct format. > > After creating the link try again to mount the device. If the entry in > your /etc/fstab is correct and you have the mount point it should work. > > For additional information on the devfsd see the following reference: > > http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html > > > > > > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > > > Ed > > > > > >The 4 in the sda4 is supposed to refer to a partition number on the drive. I > > >suspect that Zip drives don't have that many partitions. > > > > > >Does "mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/zip2" work? Do you have any other SCSI > > >drives? > > > > > >t > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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