Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:25:57 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: quiksilver <quik@terkel.mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: zip drive Message-ID: <199801200355.OAA01167@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:00:25 CDT." <Pine.LNX.3.96.980119185546.5014A-100000@terkel.mit.edu>
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> atapi zip drive isn't mounting correctly > probably a problem on my part > > uart# mount /dev/wfd0 /zip > /dev/wfd0 on /zip: Incorrect super block. > > uart# mount /dev/wfd0 /zip > msdos: /dev/wfd0: Invalid argument > > I'm using 3.0-CURRENT Hmm, no guarantees that the ATAPI Zip will work as-is, as the probe is all wrong. However, you should bear in mind that Zip drives are partitioned like hard disks, and normally with the MSDOS partition in the third slice. Try: mount -t msdos /dev/wdf0s4 /zip or nuke the disk and put a BSD filesystem on it: disklabel -rwD wfd0 auto newfs /dev/wfd0c mount /dev/wfd0c /zip There are also outstanding reports that large transfers to/from the drive cause system lockups; I haven't been in a position to test that yet. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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