Mounting a Zip disk...

[Cynthia Croy]

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>I had a Mac OS Standard format Zip disk in a zip drive during installation, and a 
>folder entitled    /mnt/zip100.0    was made during installation.
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I didn't set mine up during installation. This might be part of your 
problem. If you made the folder in the disk formatting step during 
installation, Linux may think it is a partition on the 3 gig disk where 
you installed Linux. I used the mkdir command to make a directory for 
the zip disks.

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>My "fstab" file reads as follows:
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>/dev/sdb7 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/sdb6 swap swap defaults 0 0 none /proc proc 
>defaults 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults  0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 
>0 0 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5, mode=620 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 
>noauto, owner, kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/sdc4 /mnt/zip100.0 auto noauto, owner, kudzu 0 0 
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>When I try to mount the Zip disk, using the instructions given to me by YDL 
>technical support (  mount /mnt/zip100.0/    or   mount -t hfs /dev/sdc4 /mnt/
>zip100.0/   ) , or try to mount it on the KDE desktop, the Zip whirrs for a 
>second or two, and I always get the same error message:
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>mount: /dev/sdc4 is not a valid block device
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Did you have a disk in the drive at the time you tried to mount it? I've 
gotten this message when there wasn't a disk in the drive.

I also just discovered that you need to have a separate mount point for 
hfs formatted zip disks (i.e. the auto option wouldn't work for me). 
When I tried to mount a Mac formatted zip disk it came back with the 
message that it was unable to determine the type and one wasn't 
specified. I haven't tried a PC formatted one, but it may have the same 
problem. So, you need to have a line in your fstab like this:

/dev/sda /disks/zip/mac hfs noauto,rw,user 0 0

You will need to substitute the appropriate /dev and mount point for 
your system. I have a separate line for Linux formatted zip disks that 
looks like this:

/dev/sda /disks/zip auto noauto,rw,user 0 0

I don't know if this will automatically determine PC formatted or not, 
but it works for Linux formatted.

If you are interested in making a Linux formatted zip disk, you need to 
know that you format it the same way as a hard disk.

I always mount mine using Gnome's user mount tool. I don't know if that 
makes a difference.

If you have any more questions let me know.

Cindy