[ale] Internal IDE ZIP Drive

Mon Jun 28 09:13:45 EDT 1999

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I understand that the infinite wisdom of Iomega places the file systems in
partition 4 of a zip drive. Accordingly I do in /dev:

# ln -s ./hd*4 ./zip
where '*' is the drive letter corrseponding to the ZD's IDE installation:
'b' for 2nd drive on adapter 1, etc.

I create directories '/lin_z/' and '/dos_z', then I provide in /etc/fstab:
[...]
/dev/zip	/lin_z	ext2	noauto	0 0
/dev/zip	/dos_z	msdos	noauto	0 0
[...]

[As 'su'] I then 'mount /lin_z/' or 'mount /dos_z', depending on the content
of the disk.

  John Mills, Sr. Software Engineer
  TGA Technologies, Inc.
  100 Pinnacle Way, Suite 140
  e-mail: jmills at tga.com
  Norcross, GA 30071-3633
  Phone: 770-421-2100 ext.124 (voice)
         770-449-7740 (FAX)

-----Original Message-----
 From: Christopher S. Adams [mailto:toiletduk at penguinpowered.com]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 12:55 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Internal IDE ZIP Drive

there's should be a atapi disk support, etc under block devices in your
kernel config

and i believe it would be hda, hdb, hdc, or hdd depending on what ide port
you have it plugged into

Chris

-----Original Message-----
 From: TherMite <thermite at mindspring.com>
To: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 11:07 PM
Subject: [ale] Internal IDE ZIP Drive

>I'm trying to mount my internal IDE ZIP drive on my RedHat6.0 box.
>I checked the Zip how-to file but it didn't help any. I know I need to
>mount zip drive by:
>mount /dev/zip_drive /mnt/zip
>The only problem is I don't know what the "zip_drive" is. Also, I'm not
>sure if I need to re-compile my kernel to support it or just insmod
>something. If anyone could help, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
>Thanx,
>Roman Dean
>thermite at mindspring.com
>

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I understand that the infinite wisdom of Iomega =
places the file systems in partition 4 of a zip drive. Accordingly I do =
in /dev:

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2># ln -s ./hd*4 ./zip</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>where '*' is the drive letter corrseponding to the =
ZD's IDE installation: 'b' for 2nd drive on adapter 1, etc.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I create directories '/lin_z/' and '/dos_z', then I =
provide in /etc/fstab:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>[...]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>/dev/zip        =
/lin_z        ext2  =
noauto  0 0</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>/dev/zip        =
/dos_z        =
msdosnoauto   0 0</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>[...]</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>[As 'su'] I then 'mount /lin_z/' or 'mount /dos_z', =
depending on the content of the disk.</FONT>
</P>

John Mills, Sr. Software Engineer
 TGA Technologies, Inc.
 100 Pinnacle Way, Suite 140
 e-mail: jmills at tga.com
 Norcross, GA 30071-3633
 Phone: 770-421-2100 ext.124 (voice)
 =
770-449-7740 (FAX)

-----Original Message-----
 From: Christopher S. Adams [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:toiletduk at penguinpowered.com">mailto:toiletduk at penguinpow=
ered.com</A>]
 Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 12:55 AM
 To: ale at ale.org
 Subject: Re: [ale] Internal IDE ZIP Drive

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>there's should be a atapi disk support, etc under =
block devices in your</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>kernel config</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>and i believe it would be hda, hdb, hdc, or hdd =
depending on what ide port</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>you have it plugged into</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Chris</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: TherMite =
<thermite at mindspring.com></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 11:07 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [ale] Internal IDE ZIP Drive</FONT>
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>I'm trying to mount my internal IDE ZIP drive on =
my RedHat6.0 box.
 >I checked the Zip how-to file but it didn't help =
any. I know I need to
 >mount zip drive by:
 >mount /dev/zip_drive /mnt/zip
 >The only problem is I don't know what the =
&quot;zip_drive&quot; is. Also, I'm not
 >sure if I need to re-compile my kernel to =
support it or just insmod
 >something. If anyone could help, I'd greatly =
appreciate it.
 >
 >Thanx,
 >Roman Dean
 >thermite at mindspring.com
 >

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