mounting a zip drive

deepfreeze · 2003-01-20 22:52:01

I have an internal 100MB zip drive that is shown as hdb during bootup. However, when I try to mount this to /mnt/zip (where I want it to be) I am given this error.

[root@protium /]# mount -t vfat /dev/hdb /mnt/zip
mount: special device /dev/hdb does not exist

I already figured this would be incorrect, since I didn't think arch used the /dev/hd* designations. What then is the correct syntax to mount this?[/code]

BluPhoenyx · 2003-01-21 00:17:31

On my system, there are symlinks /dev/hda and /dev/hdc which point to the real devices. These give you a general idea where devfs has the real device entries. You can also check the /etc/fstab file for more exact syntax.

It might also help if you read the end of the /etc/devfsd.conf file where it mentions about removable media devices and new/old compatibility.

deepfreeze · 2003-01-21 02:23:52

Thanks BluPhoenyx...looking at the symlinks helped me figure it out Thanks for the idea

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#1 2003-01-20 22:52:01

mounting a zip drive

#2 2003-01-21 00:17:31

Re: mounting a zip drive

#3 2003-01-21 02:23:52

Re: mounting a zip drive

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