Re: ZIP Disk mounting
> "Dale" == Dale E Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Once a filesystem is on the disk, you can mount it just > like any other partition: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt To simplify mounting even further, I put this in my /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /zip ext2 noauto,user,nodev,noexec,nosuid,rw 0 0 This lets me (or any user) mount a zip disk with the command "mount /zip". Mike
Re: ZIP Disk mounting: still no answer...so reposting
"Michael Rudmin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone tell me more about how to mount it? Also, are there specific
> drivers that I should
> install, or should have intalled when I initialized my debian Linux
>
>Thanks.
You probably need to load the aha152x module into your kernel - with
something like:
"modprobe aha152x"
In addition, my driver needed some parameters passed to it. I made this a
braindead activity by putting the following lines in conf.modules:
# -DSETUP0="{ IOPORT, IRQ, SCSI_ID, RECONNECT, PARITY, SYNCHRONOUS, DELAY,
EXT_TRANS }"
options aha152x "aha152x=0x140,11,7"
(Obviously, you need to know what IRQ and base address _your_ card is on)
Once the module is loaded, the Zip drive on my system is the only SCSI
device, so it shows up as /dev/sda. So, I can "fdisk /dev/sda" and make
new partitions on a disk, "mke2fs /dev/sda1" once I have specified an ext2
parition for the first partition on the disk, etc.
Once a filesystem is on the disk, you can mount it just like any other
partition:
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
Good luck!
Later,
Dale
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Re: ZIP Disk mounting: still no answer...so reposting
Simply treat the ZIP as another Drive (floppie, hard disk). You need to know what device your scsi card detected it at (ie /dev/sd??). I have a ZIP that happends to be my "D" drive so my mount command go like: mount -t vfat /dev/sdd4 /zip ...You can even go into fdisk and repartition (so that the default isn't partition 4) and format to a non MSDOS filesystem. --Jay > I have an IOMEGA SCSI zip drive, with an IOMEGA zoom SCSI card > (non-bootable) on my 486. > > I haven't seen anything in the setup that tells me that the drive is > mountable. In addition, in the Debian documentation, (Chapter 4), the > info on mounting a zip drive is missing. > > Can anyone tell me more about how to mount it? Also, are there specific > drivers that I should install, or should have intalled when I initialized > my debian Linux > >Thanks. > > > Michael > "Who is like God?" > "Qui est le mem que El?" > Kiala Mem Mikhail > Mikhail > Michael > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null >
Re: ZIP Disk mounting: still no answer...so reposting
On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 07:58:17PM -0700, Michael Rudmin wrote: > I have an IOMEGA SCSI zip drive, with an IOMEGA zoom SCSI card > (non-bootable) on my 486. > > I haven't seen anything in the setup that tells me that the drive is > mountable. In addition, in the Debian documentation, (Chapter 4), the > info on mounting a zip drive is missing. > > Can anyone tell me more about how to mount it? Also, are there > specific drivers that I should install, or should have intalled when I > initialized my debian Linux Is the SCSI card detected at bootup? How about the drive? I have no idea if the default debian kernel supports your SCSI card (it supports many), but if it does you should see your ZIP drive detected, probably as /dev/sda. To mount it, as root, put in a disk and try mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt Yes, that's `sda4'. For some reason DOS ZIP disks are generally created with a single primary partition, 4. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: ZIP Disk mounting: still no answer...so reposting
Please have a look at: <http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html> Regarding the ZIP-Zoom: "Linux supports this adapter with the aha152x driver." Hope this helps. Ph. A. __ Reply Separator _____ Subject: ZIP Disk mounting: still no answer...so reposting Author: "Michael Rudmin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at SCITEX Date:8/27/98 2:58 AM I have an IOMEGA SCSI zip drive, with an IOMEGA zoom SCSI card (non-bootable) on my 486. I haven't seen anything in the setup that tells me that the drive is mountable. In addition, in the Debian documentation, (Chapter 4), the info on mounting a zip drive is missing. Can anyone tell me more about how to mount it? Also, are there specific drivers that I should install, or should have intalled when I initialized my debian Linux Thanks. Michael "Who is like God?" "Qui est le mem que El?" Kiala Mem Mikhail Mikhail Michael -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
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> I have an IOMEGA SCSI zip drive, with an IOMEGA zoom SCSI card (non-boota= > ble) on my 486. > > I haven't seen anything in the setup that tells me that the drive is moun= > table. I don't see what you mean; all drives are mountable. >In addition, in the > Debian documentation, (Chapter 4), the info on mounting a zip drive is = > missing. there is no info about zip drives, as they're the same as any other scsi device. Nothing special at all about them once connected (save that they're fragile,and the embarassing lack of support & integrity from iomega, but that's a side issue. They're not the first to make a drive good for less than 100 hours :) > Can anyone tell me more about how to mount it? Also, are there specific = > drivers that I should > install, or should have intalled when I initialized my debian Linux you should have the kernel modules for your controller installed. If nothing specific shows for iomega, I believe that some of their cards are adaptec 1510's, but this is soley based on prior discussions here. rick
