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

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Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> 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
> >
> >
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