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Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:20 AM
Subject: [newbie] Zip Drive, Part II
> >I had to set up my zip 100 drive after 7.2 install to be able to mount
and
> >umount at will. I followed the guide at
> >http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/mountzip.html I
used
> >the part added by jim C. Hope this helps.
>
> Tried all the advie, but none of it helped. Both my /mnt/zip and
> /mnt/cdrom2 (my cd-rw that also won't work) are "locked" directories.
>
> How do I "unlock" these pesky *%$#@...?
> Mike Riffle
They are both scsi. You have to mount them as such. its /dev/sd?? for scsi
stuff. Zip drives are always on partition 4 (sd?4).
This is a good chance to laugh at m$ outlook express email-address
regognition feature.
>
> Morgantown, WV USA
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