Thanks, Sharrea, Just in time. :-)) After reconfiguring, lost the zip config. I'll check it out. It's a pain to reinstall just to get the zip working.
saludos, Richard. On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 01:13:06 +1300, Sharrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 23 Jul 2002 12:53 pm, Leonard W. Miller wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Richard Holt > > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 7:57 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] how to mount zip drive, post install, Dell > > laptop > > > > On Monday, 22 July 2002 03:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Even though you created the mount point, did you mount it? > > > In KDE there should be a icon on the desktop for the zip. > > > > > > mount /mnt/zip > > > > > > I think that is what it is > > > > Thanks, yes, I tried it. I get a dialog: > > > > X Error > > Could not mount device. > > the reported error was: > > > > mount: special device /dev/sda4 does not exist. > > > > Apparently something isn't right in the line in fstab, but I've not > > found a better example. > > > > regards, > > Richard. > > I know this is 3 months late but I just found the instructions on how > to install a parallel zip drive after installing your system. In the > past I couldn't do it and had to reinstall the system to get my zip > drive working as I read somewhere that you had to use mknod to create > the device and I couldn't figure how from the man page (don't > understand the minor/major thing). > > Anyway simple instructions are here: > http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/10661.html > > I was surprised at just how simple it is! Took all of 2 minutes! > > Sharrea > -- > Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today > >
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