From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 25 14:34: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from skygod.cns.ksu.edu (skygod.cns.ksu.edu [129.130.61.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1DD137BF1B for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:33:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonathan@skygod.cns.ksu.edu) Received: from skygod.cns.ksu.edu (localhost.cns.ksu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by skygod.cns.ksu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA26235; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 15:52:49 GMT (envelope-from jonathan@skygod.cns.ksu.edu) Message-ID: <3905BF51.55960299@skygod.cns.ksu.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 15:52:49 +0000 From: Jonathan Feldkamp X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Good Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: IDE Zip Drive References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG that worked, it is /dev/afd0s4, but the 4 is the important part. thanks jon Thomas Good wrote: > On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Jonathan Feldkamp wrote: > > > Thomas Good wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Jonathan Feldkamp wrote: > > > > > > > msdos: /dev/afd0: Invalid argument > > > > this is probably my biggest problem, what does this error message mean? > > > > > > Wouldn't it be /dev/afd4 ? (as -t = msdos) Just a guess! > > > > > > > Thanks for your help, I cannot test this until this evening, but I guess > > I don't understand the numbers, how do you that msdos = 4? > > > > Thanks again > > Jon > > Hi Jon, > > I have no idea how "they" (whomever that might be!) arrived at this system, > but: > > 1 = usually equals a unix partition whilst 4 usually equals a dos partition. > I haven't got my ext zip to work on fbsd (need a kernel rebuild) yet but > I've been using zips (int and ext) on linux boxes for years. > > Here is what I do on Linux: > > mkdir /zip > > mount /dev/sdb4 /zip ---> where I am on a scsi box, mounting a DOS disk > ^^ on an external zip > mount /dev/sda4 /zip ---> where I am on an ide box, mounting a DOS disk > ^^ on an external zip > > mount /dev/sdb1 /zip ---> where I am on a scsi box, mounting a unix disk > ^^ on an external zip > mount /dev/sda1 /zip ---> where I am on an ide box, mounting a unix disk > ^^ on an external zip > > mount /dev/hdb1 /zip ---> mounting a unix disk on an internal zip that is > ^^ the slave dev on ide0 > mount /dev/hdc4 /zip ---> mounting a DOS disk on an internal zip that is > ^^ the master dev on ide1 > > If you get this working on FBSD, pls send me your mount args so I can > replicate it. Thanks! > > Cheers, > Tom > > ------- North Richmond Community Mental Health Center ------- > > Thomas Good MIS Coordinator > Vital Signs: tomg@ { admin | q8 } .nrnet.org > Phone: 718-354-5528 > Fax: 718-354-5056 > > /* Member: Computer Professionals For Social Responsibility */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message