On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, Philipp Thomas wrote:
* jan vermeulen (j.vermeulen@hot.A2000.nl) [000303 03:08]:
It's there already as /dev/hdd. Just mount it as type msdos (don't try anything else, it's bound to fail or at least give trouble).
Hogwash! If this is a standard preformatted ZIP disk, vfat works just as well and offers you also long file names. If one doesn't need to also read the disk under another OS, I'd recommend formatting them with an ext2 filesystem.
I'll second Philipp on this one. I've been using VFAT since I first got this disk, and I've never had a bit of trouble. Some have reported that some kernel revisions do nasty things to VFAT disks in Zip drives, but I *personally* have never had any trouble aside from using cheap-@$$ media. On a side note: I've used Sony, Fujitsu, and Fuji disks. All have failed inside of 12 months. OTOH, I have a Genuine Iomega disk that's 3 years old. Pay the extra $2 US for Iomega media; because you're data is worth it (tm). -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington@atipa.com | Kansas City, MO /\\ 816-241-2641 x121 | http://www.atipa.com _\_V -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/