Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 00:01:43 -0500 From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cannot mount a zip drive Message-ID: <01020623062102.03509@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com> In-Reply-To: <44ae7ztxbf.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> References: <01020618405700.00338@vulpecula.universe> <3A7FF91D.ADA73153@ocsinternet.com> <44ae7ztxbf.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
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The answer's been given, but the general place to find basic info on the ZIP drive is: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/zip-drive/index.html Tim On Tuesday February 06, 2001 14:40, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > mikel@ocsinternet.com (Mikel King) writes: > > Have you tried something like?: mount -w -t msdos /dev/adf0 > > /zip > > That's completely equivalent to the "mount_msdos /dev/afd0 /zip" that > the poster already tried. > > > Charlie & wrote: > > > I tried to mount a zip disk formatted in FAT16 in a FreeBSD 4.2 > > > system, but failed. The zip drive would move when I issued the > > > 'mount_msdos' command but reported error. The following shows my > > > procedures. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Okay, I'll assume those are up-to-date (if your kernel is from a > newer set of sources, you'll need to re-make all your devices to be > safe). > > > > vulpecula# mount_msdos /dev/afd0 /zip > > > mount_msdos: /dev/afd0: Invalid argument > > This should be about right, but I'm suspicious of the slice value. > Should it, perhaps, be afd0s4? [I don't have a Zip disk, so I can't > check, but I think the factory layout would be the fourth slice. > Definitely check the FAQ entry on how to use a removable drive. -- /""\ \ / X ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Say NO to HTML in email / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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