by Sal » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
Darn, how are they ever going to go head to head with Microsoft when
things like this are cumbersome.
I still have to get my scanner to work and my internet connection.
What next??
Sal
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1. ATAPI Zip in Linux (Was Re: ZIP drive parameters)
That's odd, I KNOW that a Zip Disk only has 1 platter,
which means it can only have 2 heads (upper & lower).
The math work out, however, so I can't complain. Maybe
this is some kind of LBA (logical block addressing)
thing?
Next question: Now that I have the Zip Drive connected,
how do I get Linux to mount a disk? I have added the
Zip to my fstab with this line:
/dev/hdc /zip msdos noauto 0 0
When I try to "mount /zip" I get a little activity on
the Zip drive, and the following messages:
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
hdc: media changed
hdc: packet command error: status=0x51
hdc: packet command error: error=0x50
hdc: code: 0x70 key: 0x05 asc: 0x20 ascq: 0x00
hdc: cdrom_read_intr: data underrun (1 blocks)
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00, sector 1
FAT bread failed
mount: wrong fs type, bad options, bad superblock on /dev/hdc
or too many mounted file systems
I only have three file systems mounted (/, /home, /proc),
so I know that I don't have too many mounted file systems.
I'm betting on the bad superblock, and I think that it is
caused by some ATAPI wierdness of the Zip drive. Maybe I
need to specify some kind of block size or something? Has
anyone else used an ATAPI Zip drive with Linux and gotten
it to work?
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