Re: iomega parallel port zip drive
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:57:33PM -0700, ben wrote:
> On Friday 07 June 2002 09:13 pm, robert jorgenson wrote:
HI,
> > enabled as a module(as per the zip drive mini-hwoto). When i try to mount
> > /dev/sda4 it says that /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device. I have kernel
> > compiled about 6 times tonight and i would really like next time to be last
> > time, at least for tonight :) andone know what might be wrong?
>
> i'm not sure if the situation is exactly the same as in my case, but since
> the switch from a 2.2 to the 2.4 kernel, i have to use a full mount command
> specifying the fstype to get the zip drive up, as in:
>
> mount -t<fstype (e.g. vfat or ext2)> /dev/sda4 /zip
>
> as opposed to previously using a simple mount /zip, even though the fstab
> entry for the /zip drive is auto
>
> /dev/sda4 /zip auto defaults,rw,users,noauto 0 0
>
> i have ppa support complied into the kernel.
I don't know the source of the problem but if you load the ext2 or vfat module
by hand or via /etc/modules you should be able to use a mount /zip command.
Sven
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