From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 16 10:30:20 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA12451 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:30:20 -0700 Received: from aslan.cdrom.com (aslan.cdrom.com [192.216.223.142]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA12440 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:30:17 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by aslan.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA05875; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:29:36 -0700 Message-Id: <199509161729.KAA05875@aslan.cdrom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: aslan.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Didier Derny cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5 / Zip woes In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 16 Sep 1995 21:10:37 +0200." Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:29:36 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > >Hi > >I have been unable to install a file system on a zip drive > >When I try to save the partition table I get the following message: > >ioctl DIOCWLABEL: Operation not supported by device. > >I used the zip drives with FreeBSD-2.0 without any problems. > >-- >Didier Derny >didier@aida.org >--- I boycott everything from: new zealand, australia, denmark, england Use fdisk to convert a DOS partitioned zip disk to use sysid 165. All other parameters of the partition should remain intact. Then, do a "disklabel -w -r sd4s2 zip100 Where the sliced device number may be different on your system, and zip100 is the following /etc/disktab entry. 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: This assumes 64/32 translation ala an Adatptec. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================