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Date:      Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:57:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Steve Bradey <sbradey@netroute.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: UFS on ATAPI ZIP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980602235633.22038g-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35737D15.B5999808@netroute.net>

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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



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