From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 2 23:57:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA09172 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:57:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA09162 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:57:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA22696; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:57:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:57:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Steve Bradey cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UFS on ATAPI ZIP In-Reply-To: <35737D15.B5999808@netroute.net> 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 Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Steve Bradey wrote: > I am new to BSD (and to UNIX) and have an ATAPI zip drive. I am running > 2.2.6. I have been able to mount my DOS/Win95 formatted zip disks > using... > > mount -t msdos /dev/wfd0s4 /zip > > without any problems. I would like to format a disk or two with the BSD > FS so that I may use long file names, but I have had no luck thus far. > I have followed the directions for fdisk and disklabel that I found at > ... > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskformat/ > > and things appear to have worked correctly until I try to mount the > disk. I get an "Invalid super block" message. I have tried both the > dedicated and compatibility methods that are outlined on the > above-mentioned tutorial page. I have also tried a couple of different > drive geometries (96/64/32 and 512/12/32 cyl/head/sec). If anyone has > been successful at getting this to work I would appreciate your input > (remember I'm a rookie!). Please run a `script' of an attempted format session and post it. I did the exact same sequence when I formatted a zip disk to write for the tutorial and it worked fine. Did you remember to newfs the drive? What mount command line are you using? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message