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
