Charles... I got all excited when I read your email, so I tried it in a hurry, and got the following...
root.drewvogel:~$ cd /dev root.drewvogel:/dev$ ./MAKEDEV sda\* bash: ./MAKEDEV: No such file or directory root.drewvogel:/dev$ So I tried... root.drewvogel:/dev$ locate MAKEDEV /sbin/MAKEDEV /usr/share/man/man8/MAKEDEV.8.bz2 /usr/share/doc/MAKEDEV-3.2 /usr/share/doc/MAKEDEV-3.2/COPYING /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.4.8/video4linux/bttv/MAKEDEV So then I tried... root.drewvogel:/dev$ /sbin/MAKEDEV sda\* don't know how to make device "sda*" root.drewvogel:/dev$ Now I'm stumped again, but I do appreciate your help! -andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] ATAPI ZIP drive not working under LM8.1 > > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:14:23 -0500 > "Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, this is weird... I made the following changes to my system, > > based on emails from Charles & Dennis... > > * edited the line in /etc/fstab to read (notice that "rw" > is removed): > > /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > > > (now my /etc/fstab has the following lines for the ZIP drive: > > /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip1 auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > ) > > > > * added the following append in /etc/lilo.conf (added the > hdd=ide-floppy): > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label=linux > > root=/dev/hda1 > > append=" devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" > > read-only > > > > I then re-ran lilo without problems. When I got home last night, I > > rebooted (with a known-good ZIP disk in the drive). Once the system > > had booted, I logged in and typed: root.drewvogel:/usr/sbin$ mount > > /mnt/zip > > mount: /dev/hdd4 is not a block device > root.drewvogel:/usr/sbin$ mount > > /mnt/zip1 > > mount: special device /dev/sda4 does not exist > > > Andrew > Run Hardrake and see how many listings there are for your Zip > drive. It will be under the floppy heading. > > You should have 2. > One as /dev/hdd and one as /dev/sda. > > If you only have the one, /dev/hdd then you will need to do > the following. Open a terminal and su to root: > > # cd /dev > # ./MAKEDEV sda\* > > Do not enter the # that is only a notation for the prompt. > > The above will create the special device files for sda and > you should then be able to access your zip through sda4 using > /mnt/zip1. > > > Charles > >
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