From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 19 20:03:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA27742 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 20:03:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA27705; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 20:03:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA01167; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:25:58 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801200355.OAA01167@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: quiksilver cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: zip drive In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:00:25 CDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:25:57 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > 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. \\