The Friday 2000-01-07 at 03:38 -0500, David Johanson wrote:
pcp09513812pcs:~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 8924 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 8924 71681998+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2231 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 3 24066 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 4 20 136552+ 82 Linux swap /dev/sdb3 21 2231 17759857+ 83 Linux pcp09513812pcs:~ #
No zip identified here. ;-(
No, certainly there is no mountable ide disk there.
You can also have a look at "/proc/ide/*"
In /proc/ide/ I have ide0 and ide1 files, links to the files hda and hdd, and two files of 0 bytes, "drivers" and "via". The link hdd holds 7 additional files of 0 bytes each; capacity, driver, geometry, identify(locked), media, model, and settings (also locked). What should I be seeing here?
Try to 'cat' them. For example: cer@nimrodel:~> cat /proc/ide/hda/model ST360020A which is the model name of my hda disk. They are "pseudofiles" created by the kernel on the fly when you request to see them. For example, "settings" has a lot of interesting info. The "via" file you mention must be equivalent to my "piix" one, and has info about the ide chipset; mine says what dma/udma I have enabled. I think your ZIP drive is not detected. Probably there will be some info in the /var/log/boot.msg file. I have seen the rest of the messages on this thread, but I have nothing else definite to say. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson