External Zip drive

[Marcelo Giles]

Hi,

I think your problem has something to do with the /etc/fstab file.
I've found this googlin' the ydl lists archives:

"The line in /etc/fstab for the zip drive would look something like 
this:

/dev/sda     /mnt/zip     ext2    noauto,user                 0 0

The "noauto" stops linux from trying to mount the zip disk at startup 
(which would fail with no disc in the drive).  The "user" allows any 
user, not just root, to mount the disk.  You clearly wouldn't want this 
option for the system partitions but it's handy for removables."

If the instructions are correct, then to start using your zip drive, 
you would simply type:

mount /mnt/zip
cd /mnt/zip

But I'm not shure about the file system you would use (ext2, ext3, hfs, 
hfs+) on your zip discs. Perhaps you'll need to format them before you 
can use them:

mkext2 /dev/sda

Or maybe it's /dev/sdb, not shure here, but hope this make you started.
What I'm sure of is that someone more knowledgeable than myself will 
post something more useful soon! Just sit and wait, you'll see...

On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 01:27  PM, Mark Pubols wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I'm having some difficulty with my Power Mac 7600 recognizing the 
> external
> Zip drive I was hoping to use. Is there a quick and easy way to get 
> these
> things installed and usable? The drive does show up in the system and 
> I did
> install a directory for it to use, what do I need to do next to get it 
> to
> load files?
>
> Mark