I think another thing wrong here is that your fstab should read something like
this:
/dev/sda4 /zip auto noauto,user,0,0
"/dev/sda" refers to the entire disk. preformatted zip disks (for whatever
reason) use partition #4, hence you should mount "/dev/sda4" instead.
dave
On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Jason Rappleye wrote:
>
> Hi Em,
>
> Try compiling the SCSI code into the kernel (as opposed to modules). That
> should do it.
>
> Jason
>
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, emily scott wrote:
>
> > Not really sure if this is a SCSI question or a linux-usb question...
> >
> > When I first tried to mount my ZIP drive (having mounted /proc/bus/usb
> > first) I got this msg
> >
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/sda or too many
> > mounted filesystems.
> >
> > my /etc/fstab entry reads
> >
> > /dev/sda /zip vfat noauto,user,0,0
> >
> > so I changed 'vfat' to 'auto' and now I get this msg
> >
> > mount: /dev/sda has wrong major or minor number.
> >
> > What's going on?! I'm using kernel v2.2.16 with USB code and the usbcore,
> > usb-storage, scsi_mod & sg_mod modules loaded. I've also tried both uchi
> > modules with all this as well, but no joy (ohci definitely won't work)
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanx,
> > Em
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