Joel....try hdd4 instead of hdd.
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel VanderWerf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:02 PM
Subject: [newbie] zip drive
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm having trouble mounting my zip drive (100M NEC ATAPI) from an
>account other than root.
>
>I set up a disk with mke2fs. And here's the relevant line in /etc/fstab:
>
>/dev/hdd /mnt/zip auto
>sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
>
>Then I can mount the disk with:
>[root] # mount -t ext2 /dev/hdd /mnt/zip
>
>This lets me create new directories and, presumably, other things. But
>when I become a user, I can no longer mount:
>
>[root] $ su joel
>[joel] $ mount -t ext2 /dev/hdd /mnt/zip
>mount: only root can do that
>
>I thought that was what the "user" option in fstab was for! I even tried
>changing "nosuid" to "suid"
>
>Any ideas?
>
>BTW: is there any significant difference between NEC and Iomega zip
>drives? The invoice for my new computer says Iomega, but the installed
>drive is a NEC. Just wondering if I should demand a replacement....
>
>TIA
>
>Joel
>
>
