On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:17:24 -0800 (PST) Gerhard Magnus <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? As for the FS type, yes, just make sure you replace 'auto' by 'vfat' on /etc/fstab (although 'auto' would have allowed for proper FS detection AFAIK -- meaning this should not be necessary...). As for the root-only issue, appending 'user' to the options (in the example above, the "noauto,owner,kudzu" string -- no spaces!) should allow non-root mounting. From mount manpage: "(iii) Normally, only the superuser can mount file systems. However, when fstab contains the user option on a line, then anybody can mount the corresponding system. Thus, given a line /dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide any user can mount the iso9660 file system found on his CDROM using the command mount /dev/cdrom or mount /cd For more details, see fstab(5). Only the user that mounted a filesystem can unmount it again." HTH, Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
