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#1 2009-09-11 19:08:28
- logic_guy76
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Accessing a zip drive
I have an IDE Zip drive attached as slave on the secondary IDE channel. How can I access this drive from Arch? I believe I need to add something to /etc/fstab, but I'm not sure what to put.
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#2 2009-09-12 00:12:25
- logic_guy76
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Re: Accessing a zip drive
OK, I figured it out. I shoved in a zip disk and then looked at the bottom of file /var/log/everything.log to see if it was detected and any system messages generated. There was definitely some activity there and it appeared that the zip disk was detected as /dev/sdb4. I added the following line to /etc/fstab:
/dev/sdb4 /media/zip auto user,noauto
Rebooted.
That worked. Now I can do
mount /media/zip
umount /media/zip
eject /media/zip
and they all work.
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#3 2009-09-12 02:46:43
- fukawi2
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Re: Accessing a zip drive
Is this because you've been reading "what is your old hardware doing" thread? 
Can you mark as 'solved' please? 
Are you familiar with our Forum Rules, and How To Ask Questions The Smart Way?
BlueHackers // fscanary // resticctl
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