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Re: Mounting AFFS R/W?



Michael Fedrowitz wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 01:28:57 -0500, Alan wrote:
> 
>  Hi,
> 
> > The mount for the removable, even R/O, always fails with this message:
> >
> > mount -t affs -o ro /dev/sdc /mnt
>                               ^
> 
> the partition number is missing (probably 1, though Zips like to use 4,
> just look what it says in the partition check).

I've found that MS-DOS formatted ZIP100s come in at 4 (/dev/sdb4) but my
AFFS ZIP100s come in at 1 (/dev/sdb1).  I think this is due to the
MS-DOS formatting command creating a logical partition in an extended
drive whereas my Amiga ZIP partitions are all primary partitions.

LeeE
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