On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 20:29, Craig George wrote: > Hi all, > I have dropped MDK9.0 and have installed Debian 3.0 (I know the stuff is a > bit older, but it is a good way to learn more about how things run in Linux > IMHO as everything isn't done for you. > Anyway I have got it installed ok and I am setting up my 'mounts'. > I have got my DVD, CDRW, Floppy and Windows partition set up ok. > But when I setup my 100Meg Iomega Zip drive (Internal, 1st IDE, slave) I am > so far unable to get it to mount. When mounting I get: > > paradox:/home/craig# mount -t vfat /dev/hdb /mnt/zip > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb, > or too many mounted file systems mount can determine the file system type for itself 99.99% of the time, so I'd try the mount command without the '-t vfat'.
> This is my fstab entry for the zip: > > /dev/hdb /mnt/zip vfat noauto,user 0 0 and I'd change the vfat on this line to 'auto' btw, does the Iomega Zip drive show signs of activity? -- C. S.
