Re: Linux & Zip

[Ares <mich0101@tc.umn.edu>]

The Zip "partition" is in your case /dev/hdc4. make a directory called
/zip, and do a "mount -t vfat /dev/hdc4 /zip". Your Zip disk's contents
will apper in /zip.

Alternatively, you can use the automounter to handle this.

JDM

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On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Thomas Ruedas wrote:

> I would like to access my Zip drive under Linux (2.0.34). When booting,
> it seems that it is recognized, as I read something about it being
> described as /dev/hdc ide-floppy ATAPI ZIP Drive etc. However, I don't
> know how to mount it (how must I define the file system?), and I can't
> access it with mtools either. For the latter, I defined it in
> /etc/mtools.conf in a similar manner as the normal floppy (which works)
> and gave it the letter z: However, when trying to access the Zip drive
> with mtools, I get
> hdc: hdc4
> init Z: unknown media type
> Cannot initialize 'Z:'
> The mtools manpage didn't give me any information on how to describe the
> media type of a zip; I only saw warnings on not making descriptions of
> disk geometry. Additionally, I didn't find a description on how to
> install an internal Zip drive (ATAPI), the only hints I got were about
> installation on a parallel port or for a SCSI Zip drive, but I don't
> have a SCSI board.
> Thanks for any solutions,
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