From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 23 08:16:35 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id IAA08473 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 08:16:35 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA08462 ; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 08:16:30 -0700 Message-Id: <199508231516.IAA08462@freefall.FreeBSD.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.FreeBSD.org: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Peter Dufault cc: didier@omnix.fr.org (Didier Derny), questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zip drive. In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 23 Aug 95 06:34:12 EDT." <199508231034.GAA12793@hda.com> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 08:16:28 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> >> >> when I was using FreeBSD 2.0 I was able to install a ufs file >> system on a zip disk. >> >> Since I have installed FreeBSD 2.05 I'm unable to do that. >> >> I probably missed something with fdisk/disklabel. > >What's the symptom? > >Peter >-- >Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation >HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 >dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267 Most likely your problem is that you are using the whole disk and attempting to access it with a slice device. To get a Zip drive running properly, stick a DOS partition on it, use FreeBSD's fdisk to change the sysid to 165 (ie ensure that all other portions of the parition remain untouched), then use the following disktab entry to slam a disklabel on it: zip100|Iomega Zip 100: \ :ty=winchester:dt=SCSI:se#512:nt#64:ns#32:nc#96:rm#3600:\ :pa#196576:oa#0:ba#4096:fa#512:ta=4.2BSD: \ :pc#196576:oc#0: The disklabel assumes Adaptec standard geometry, so you may have to tweek it a bit. The label can be installed with a: disklabel -w -r /dev/sd2s4 zip100 ^^<== Partition number from fdisk. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================