From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 16 20:52:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA26350 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 20:52:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA26209 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 20:51:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA02404; Sat, 16 May 1998 20:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd002402; Sun May 17 03:44:12 1998 Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 20:44:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Aaron Yeung cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems mounting iomega scsi zip drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 16 May 1998, Aaron Yeung wrote: > re: > > the error message was further down in the message > and, here we go, with /dev/rsd0 instead of sd0 sorry it was off my screen and I assumed for some reason there wasn't any more.. no I meant to do the newfs and disklabel to the raw device. you need to use the block device for a mount.. > > ERROR MESSAGE: > ------------------- > > > praxis# mount -t msdos /dev/rsd0 /zip100 > msdos: /dev/rsd0: Block device required > praxis# well yes, but the error you mentionned before was from a different command.. disklabel, was it not? mount must be done to sd0.. > > >> ---------------------------------- > >> E-Mail: aaronx@fearme.com u> > On Sat, 16 May 1998, Aaron Yeung wrote: > > > >> hello, > >> > >> > >> ok the scsi iomega zip drive works now, i have recompiled my kernel > >> with > >> scbus0 and sd0 uncommented, and when i try to mount it or someone told me to > >> do > >> disklabel -r /dev/sd0, the zip drive makes a noise, and gives an error. > >> > >> - i have an internal scsi iomega zip drive > >> - adaptec 1502i scsi adapter (i used aic0) > >> > >> what should i do? > >> > >> thanks > >> > >> - aaron > >> > >> Here's a dmesg output of the aic0 > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> aic0 at 0x140-0x15f irq 11 on isa > >> aic0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > >> (aic0:5:0): "IOMEGA ZIP 100 E.08" type 0 removable SCSI 2 > >> sd0(aic0:5:0): Direct-Access > >> sd0(aic0:5:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB > >> sd0 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry > >> 96MB (196608 512 byte sectors) > >> -------------------------------- > >> > >> Error messages: > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> praxis# mount -t msdos /dev/sd0 /zip > >> msdos: /dev/sd0: Invalid argument try /dev/sd0s1 (if it already has a MSDOS pertition on it) > >> praxis# mount -t msdos /dev/sd0s1c /zip > >> msdos: /dev/sd0s1c: Invalid argument sd0s1c is only valid with a BSD disklabel on the disk. > >> praxis# disklabel -r /dev/sd0 there is no disklabel there, and to write a new one you need the -w option. (and use a raw device) > >> Bad pack magic number (label is damaged, or pack is unlabeled) yep > >> praxis# > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message