On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 04:29 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote: > > >From: Gerhard Magnus <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: mounting zip disk > >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:42:07 -0800 > > > >When I put a zip disk in the drive and use the "Mount" command I get > >from the right mouse button applied to the zip disk icon on my KDE > >desktop I get the error message: "mount /dev/hdd4 is not a valid block > >device. Please check that the disk is entered correctly." > > > >What does this message mean and how can I get this zip disk mounted? (I > >don't care if the solution involves losing data on the zip disk.) > > > >Thanks for the help! > >Jerry > > > >-- > Jerry, > Is your zip disk already formatted? If it is, then make sure that you have > ntfs file system installed. Type cat /proc/filesystems and check for ntfs. > Now there could be some glitch which saw before. If you type /sbin/fdisk -l > you migh be able to see your zip drive. Compare the zipdevice name with the > one you get in the kde menu. They might be not the same. In that case follow > this: > > mkdir /mnt/zip > mount /dev/zipdevice_name /mnt/zip -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222 > (Assuming you have ntfs file system and use the fdisk device name for > 'zipdevice_name' ) > > And you should be able to mount your zip disk. > --Chet > Chet, Unless I have been sleeping weirdly, what does NTFS have to do with a zip drive? The zip disks I have all come preformatted with a fat filesystem. Please enlighten me with details if I have missed the train here and NTFS is now standard on zip disks. >
