Wow, speedy response all thank you..
I have got it mounted..

mount -t vfat /dev/hdb4 /mnt/zip

I have no idea where the 4 in /dev/hdb4 comes from but I presume it has 
something to do with the device type?

Thanks for the help

Craig

On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 20:29, you 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
>
> This is my fstab entry for the zip:
>
> /dev/hdb � � � �/mnt/zip � � � �vfat � �noauto,user � � � � � � 0 � � � 0
>
> As I am a newbie I imagine that I have got something setup incorrectly.
> Do I have to have the zip device setup on something apart from /dev/hdb ?
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Craig
>
> p.s. I have tried several zip disks, all formatted and working from Win98

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