On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:07:58 -0600
Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have read some of the other responses.
> >
> > To your lilo append you need to add hdd=ide scsi and reboot.
> >
> > Run harddrake.
> > You should now have 2 listing for your zip drive /dev/hdd/ and /dev/sda.
> > If that is now true add the following to /etc/fstab
> >
> > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip1 auto
> > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,rw,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0
> >
> > In /mnt if none exists create the dir zip1
> >
> > I prefer to reboot the system at this point but you can achieve the same
> > results by using the command: mount -a
> >
> > Whichever you choose, afterwards you should be able to access the drive
> > through /mnt/zip1
> >
> >
> > Charles
> Ok we have some controversy here, which is it hdd=ide-scsi or hdd=ide-floppy.
> Mine seems to work on the later but will it work better on the former? The
> hdd=ide-floppy is what ML 8.1 set it up as and I can read write and delete as
> though it is a hard drive. My curiosity is running in high gear here now.
> Could it possibly work both ways? A little help and advice here would be
> appreciated, cause I don't like giving out bad information, even though I do
> on occasion. : )
You are not giving out 'bad' info.
ide-scsi is not supposed to work if using devfs in 8.1, but because devfs itself 'is
not right' in 8.1 it does work.
(In 8.2 ide zips, to allow write access, are set up during installation as
hdx=ide-scsi using devfs.)
When using 8.1 and my drive did not work I never even thought ide=floppy but as habit
set it as ide=scsi and after creating a fstab and /mnt entry for it I was able to use
the drive.
We both gave correct and workable answers from our own standpoint, perspective and
experience.
Now Andrew has 2 viable alternatives from which he can choose, one of which, also
hopefully, will give him full access to his ide zip drive.
Charles
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