On Thursday 10 February 2005 11:12 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wednesday 09 Feb 2005 20:02, Mike Adolf wrote: > >>After installing 10.1 my zip was not recognized, no entry in fstab. > >> Tried to create device using Create New/Device/Zip Device from the > >> desktop (right click). An icon appeared but it won't mount (as root). > >> Tried to create a device using makedev /dev/hdd4 (4 since I want vfat > >> and windows uses partion 4?). I did not see when it happened but now I > >> have two zip icons on the desktop. After reboot they are still there > >> and now there is no hdd4 in dev. What the !*&^% is going on. How do I > >> get rid of those icons and start over? > > > > Have you tried running HardDrake? I think there's an option on a button > > to scan for zip drives. There is something of a problem still with > > removable drives and 2.6 kernels, though, as the name for removable > > drives keeps changing if you unplug and re-plug later. It clears itself > > in time, though. Still, that's probably your *next* problem, not the > > current one :-) > > > > Anne > > What type of ZIP drive is this? USB, IDE, SCSI? Parellel Port? From the > /dev/hdd4, I would guess an IDE device, but I don't like to guess. In > any case, under 10.1 with udev, a device made with makedev will not > survive a reboot. You have to create a udev rune for it, if there isn't > one. For most plug-in devices, hotplug and udev are susposed to work > togethter to create the device, and mount it, on the fly. It sometimes > works, and sometimes doesn't. Growling pains... > > I like udev, even with the bugs, because it will let you create rules > for creating specific devices names for specific devices. I am still > working out all the details, but I can make it work with supermount to > handle my USB to IDE interface, and it should be fairly easy to make the > same setup work with USB ZIP drive. If you can send me the output > "lsusb" with the ZIP drive plugged in, and were you want it mounted, I > can create rules for you. The only drawback is that with supermount > controlling the device, the icon shows on the desktop even if the device > is not plugged in, or if there isn't a disk in it. Like I said, I am > still working on the details - I want the mount points and icons to be > created and removed on the fly. But using a specific udev rule for the > device gets around the changing SCSI device when hotplugging devices - > the udev name you pick is always the same. (I don't know what happens > when you have 2 of the same USB devices, and plug them in at the same > time - I don't have the hardware to test this...) > > Mikkel
My Zip 100 is internal IDE. lsusb output shows my printer and empty port. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:0801 Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus CX5200 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 The zip worked in 9.2 with no tweaking. What is supermount anyway?? Mike
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