On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 05:30:40PM +0530, did B.N.V. Raman write:
> I have an Iomega Zip Drive (100 MB). Linux noticed it as soon as i installed
> it and loaded the drivers automagically. its recognised as /dev/hda. How do
> i format a zip floppy?
# fdisk /dev/hda
Partition the disk as needed, say one linux (ext2fs) partition spanning the
entire disk.
# mke2fs /dev/hda1
Now mount the zip disk like so:
# mount -t ext2 /dev/hda /mnt/zip
Thaths
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