Re: How to get an Iomega 100MB USB Zip Drive to work with Debian?
>>>>> "Joern" == Joern Larsen <joernl@yahoo.com> writes:
Joern> I am new to Linux, and have just installed Debian/GNU Linux on
Joern> a Dell Dimension XPS R400. The only problem I am facing, is -
Joern> how to get an Iomega 100MB USB zip drive to work with Debian
Joern> 2.2r3? I have installed the module for USB-storage, but have no
Joern> clue how to go from there.
Make sure your kernel has support for SCSI disks.
You will also need the `hotplug' package.
Once you have that installed, plug the ZIP drive into the USB port.
You can access the disk as /dev/sda . Standard ZIP disks use partition
4, so you should be able to do
mount /dev/sda4 /mnt
Don't forget to umount the disk before removing it or the drive.
Joern> Also - how do I get my computer to accept Mac-files? (I forgot
Joern> to install the module for Macintosh files.)
For Mac text files, you have to convert end of line characters. E.g.,
tr '\r' '\n' <mac-file.txt >unix-file.txt
Other files should be copied as-is.
If you want to mount Mac-formatted ZIP disks, you need a few options
in the kernel. HFS file system, and probably Macintosh partition
support.
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