On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:12:39 -0800 (PST) Gerhard Magnus <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd like to be transfer files on a zip disk between work (a mac > environment running OS X) and home (Linux). How should I format the > disk so I can mount it on the Linux system and what parameters should > I use for the mount command? It seems the mac OS X system can read > from and write to any format, but I can't get anything to work on the > Linux end. Could it be something in my /etc/fstab file that's > interfering with this? Most likely, yes. You either have the wrong device configuration (/dev/sd?) or you're trying to mount the wrong FS type, or your kernel doesn't support the specific FS needed. Posting the error msgs would be very helpful... The first assumption is easy to prove: can you mount _any_ zip disk? If you can, the device configuration is ok, so we're down to the FS. If you're sure what FS the disk has been formatted with, you can override fstab settings. For example, here I have: /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 and I can do mount -t vfat /mnt/zip mount can handle all these filesystems _provided your kernel supports them_: adfs, affs, autofs, coda, coherent, cramfs, devpts, efs, ext, ext2, ext3, hfs, hpfs, iso9660, jfs, minix, msdos, ncpfs, nfs, ntfs, proc, qnx4, ramfs, reiserfs, romfs, smbfs, sysv, tmpfs, udf, ufs, umsdos, vfat, xenix, xfs, xiafs So, if you can format your zip with any of these, you should be able to mount it on both computers. HTH Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
