On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:13:06 -0600, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > > > > -- Ok, then try to use VFAT and see whether it works instead of ntfs. It ntfs worked for me somehow.
