On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Gerhard Magnus 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 Thanks -- I've finally been successful mounting my zip disk, but only as superuser and with the command augmented to: mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip Is there some way I can do this other than as root and without having to type so much? Jerry
