Re: Iomega Zip

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When i do this it asks for the file system type? 
mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
hmm, it also gives me same message when i do mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
i can't mount devices anymore...ouch..i konw there is easy answer to this
i just forget.

On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, mjv wrote:

> That's too easy :) Are there any dependencies I should know about?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> Stef wrote:
> 
> > > I have computers that don't have cd's so I installed the base system
> > > from floppies. (It works! :) What do I have to do to set up a zip drive
> > > on the parallel port so I can start installing packages (can't handle a
> > > stack of hundreds of floppies).
> > 
> > You just insmod the module for ZIP. Its in the section of the scsi
> > modules (yes, also if your ZIP is not the scsi version, but just the
> > parallel port flavour!) Then you can mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip if your
> > ZIP disk is an ordinary dos one and you first did a mkdir /mnt/zip. 
> > 
> > Stef
> > 
> > 
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