Zip drive issue

Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:54:25 -0700

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It's just an IDE CD-ROM. I know that for some CD-RWs, you need to load SCSI
modules of some sort. This is just a straight up CD drive. Can't figure out
why it seems to be loaded on a SCSI bus. The CD works though.

Thanks, Kirt

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From: Donn Shumway [mailto:DShumway@hypercom.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 1:48 PM
To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: Zip drive issue

Is the Primary device on the secondary channel an IDE CD-RW?

Regards,
Donn Shumway
dshumway@hypercom.com
"Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the
'how' an excuse for not
facing and accepting the 'what.'"
-- Pearl S. Buck

>I have installed Progeny Linux RC 2 and then apt-get upgraded to the
commercial release. I'm
working on a Dell OptiPlex GX1. I'm trying to >figure out how to mount a zip
drive under this
system. The zip drive is the slave device on the 2nd IDE channel making it
/dev/hdd. So I type
>mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /zip and I get "mount: wrong fs type, bad option,
bad superblock on
/dev/hdd4, or too many mounted file systems"

>I've also poked around on the CD and it's mounting /dev/scd0. Any ideas
would be a great help.

>Thanks, Kirt

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It's just an IDE CD-ROM. I know that for some CD-RWs, =
you need to load SCSI modules of some sort. This is just a straight up =
CD drive. Can't figure out why it seems to be loaded on a SCSI bus. The =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks, Kirt</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Is the Primary device on the secondary channel an IDE =
CD-RW?</FONT>
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Regards,
 Donn Shumway
 dshumway@hypercom.com
 &quot;Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always =
follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not
 facing and accepting the 'what.'&quot;
 -- Pearl S. Buck

&gt;I have installed Progeny Linux RC 2 and then =
apt-get upgraded to the commercial release. I'm
 working on a Dell OptiPlex GX1. I'm trying to =
&gt;figure out how to mount a zip drive under this
 system. The zip drive is the slave device on the 2nd =
IDE channel making it /dev/hdd. So I type
 &gt;mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /zip and I get =
&quot;mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
 /dev/hdd4, or too many mounted file =
systems&quot;

&gt;I've also poked around on the CD and it's =
mounting /dev/scd0. Any ideas would be a great help.

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