Re: [SLE] ZIP-Drive.
MB>Op zondag 10 november 2002 14:35, schreef Constant MB>Brouerius van Nidek: MB>> MB>Op zondag 10 november 2002 09:29, schreef Erik MB>> MB>> How does the line for such a zip drive look in MB>> MB>/etc/fstab ??. MB>> MB>> MB>this is what i have: MB>> MB>> Hi, I am running SuSe 8.0 and have inserted the same MB>Hi Constant, MB>directly from SuSE DB: MB>"1.If a ZIP floppy should be used with a MS-DOS file MB>system, it should MB>be contained on the 4th primary partition. This one works fine as /dev/sda4 MB>2.If a ZIP floppy should be used with the ext2 file MB>system, it should be on the first primary partition." MB>this means that you should address a fat formatted zip MB>floppy on sdx4 MB>and a ext2 formatted zip floppy on sdx1 (x=a, b, c, d). MB>So it doesn't work when you try to mount a default MB>(fat) formatted zip on sda1: It needs to be ext2 MB>formatted first before you can use it that way. MB>more info: http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/maddin_zip MB>.html Okay, that it will not work if it is not formated as ext2is okay but should it than not inform you that it could not find the zipdisk or that the format was not recognised like with cd's? Have no empty zip disks on which I could try it out. Right now it starts Konquerer and starts looking on the web ;-) if I try it out with a DOS zipdisks.
MB>directly from SuSE DB: MB>"1.If a ZIP floppy should be used with a MS-DOS file MB>system, it should MB>be contained on the 4th primary partition.
This one works fine as /dev/sda4
MB>2.If a ZIP floppy should be used with the ext2 file MB>system, it should be on the first primary partition."
MB>this means that you should address a fat formatted zip MB>floppy on sdx4 MB>and a ext2 formatted zip floppy on sdx1 (x=a, b, c, d). MB>So it doesn't work when you try to mount a default MB>(fat) formatted zip on sda1: It needs to be ext2 MB>formatted first before you can use it that way.
MB>more info: http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/maddin_zip MB>.html
Okay, that it will not work if it is not formated as ext2is okay but should it than not inform you that it could not find the zipdisk or that the format was not recognised like with cd's? Have no empty zip disks on which I could try it out. Right now it starts Konquerer and starts looking on the web ;-) if I try it out with a DOS zipdisks.
Yes, I agree: that's a funny move of konq and sorry, I don't know what causes this. It should say something like: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device. Marcel
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Constant Brouerius van Nidek
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Marcel Broekman