On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 05:29:01PM -0600, Charles Howse wrote: > Hi, > FC1, w/ KDE. > [root@moe charles]# uname -r > 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl > > What type filesystem do I have to have on my zip disks to be able to mount > them with the default entery in /etc/fstab? I've just booted to windows and > formatted a 100M disk with the fat filesystem, but... > > [root@moe charles]# mount /mnt/zip > mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device > > I *can* mount them at /dev/sda1... > [root@moe charles]# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/zip > [root@moe charles]# > > >From my /etc/fstab... > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 I suspect it isn't a matter of file system but of which device you are trying to load. If you can mount at /dev/sda1, then try changing the line in fstab to reflect that. For more info, see the ZIP Drive HOWTO, at http://www.tldp.org/ -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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