Re: zip drive problems...

[Phillip Deackes <gsmh@gmx.co.uk>]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:39:47 -0700
"Joern T. Larsen" <JTLarsen@lbl.gov> wrote:

> When I try do mount my zip drive
> 
> mount /dev/sda4 /zip
> 
>  I get the message
> 
> mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device.
> 
> What am I missing.....

Sometimes the partition you need to access is /dev/sda1 rather than
/dev/sda4. Don't know why, but I have several zip disks, some where the
uabale partition is /dev/sda1 and others where it is /dev/sda4. Maybe it
has something to do with whether you formatted the zipdisks using Linux or
Windows?

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Phillip Deackes
Using Progeny Debian Linux