[linux-help] Re: Setting up a Zip drive with Linux...How?

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1) You must be root to mount drives (or set up sudo)

2) You need to install SCSI support in the kernel, and SCSI-over-parallel
emulation, to use a parallel Zip drive.  I've done this before (once), back
in the early 2.0.x kernels.  It was not difficult, but if you're new to the
process, it's probably a good idea to read the SCSI HOWTO and possibly the
Kernel HOWTO (if you've never compiled a kernel before).

Once the proper support is in the kernel, you will need to mount /dev/sda4
on a normally-formatted Zip disk (for some reason unknown to me, a Zip disk
is by default formatted to use the 4th partition... you can reformat and
change that, and it still works fine in other OSes, as far as I can tell...
but if you buy a pre-formatted Zip disk, you'll typically need to use
/dev/sda4 instead of /dev/sda1).

NOTE: If you have other SCSI hard drives in your system, you may need to use
/dev/sdbX, /dev/sdcX, etc, etc...

Then... to mount the drive is just the same as you would for any other type
of drive (hard drive, floppy, CD-ROM, etc)...  To mount a MS-DOS drive:

mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt

(or replace /mnt with your mount location of choice)

Hope that helps.


On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 01:08:56PM -0500, Patrick R. Klee wrote:
> Hey guys, and possibly gals,  :-)
> 
> I got an Iomega Zip! drive for my birthday, and it said it is compatible
> with Linux, and I think I got it set up, however, it runs through the
> parallel port, and my printer hooks into the drive and the drive hooks
> into the computer.  Also, my printer works but when I try to mount the
> Zip drive, I get the message, "only root can mount /dec/lp0 on /mnt/zip.
> 
> If this helps, look at the following:
> 
> I have my device as /dev/lp0, because that is the printer port and the
> printer works fine.
> also, like /mnt/fd0, I have my mount point as /mnt/zip
> finally, my filesystem type is vfat for Win9x/NT/DOS type files.  like
> the floppy.
> 
> Any and all help would be greatly appriciated.
> 
> Thankx
> Patrick
> 
> 
> -- This is the linux-help@xxxxxxxxx list.  To unsubscribe,
> visit http://tmp2.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate-aclug.cgi

--
Useless fact #8: Wyoming has the highest number of electoral votes per
capita in the U.S. with one electoral vote for every 160,014 people, 
compared to the national average of 497,664 people per electoral.
--
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  Jonathan Hall  *  jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx  *  PGP public key available
 Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487
         http://www.futureks.net  *  PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51
                  -=  Running Debian GNU/Linux  =-
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

-- This is the linux-help@xxxxxxxxx list.  To unsubscribe,
visit http://tmp2.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate-aclug.cgi