i have a usb zip250, but this might help hfs and ext2 mounting lines from my /etc/fstab: /dev/sda4 /mnt/ziphfs hfs user 0= 0 /dev/sda /mnt/zipext2 ext2 user = 0 0 for hfs you need to mount the 4th partition. i have had no joy with hfs+,= but=20 i have not tryed any of the new hfs stuff. try: mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip/ -t hfs