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ZIP drive not being detected

When I was back on Mandrake 10, I could get to my ZIP drive (attached through a USB port), now on Slackware 10, it seems to know it's there if I open the Info Center (USB Devices section). However, going into /mnt/fstab doesn't show anything and neither does anywhere else. I need to know how to get it to detect and access it. Any ideas?

Quote:

USB Zip 100

Manufacturer: Iomega
Serial #: 00334BC3E6D60214

Class
0
((Defined at Interface level))
Subclass
0
Protocol
0
USB Version
1.16

Vendor ID
0x59b
(Iomega Corp.)
Product ID
0x33
Revision
3.0

Speed
12 Mbit/s
Channels
0
Max. Packet Size
0

Does 'dmesg' or 'var/log/messages' show anything when you plug it in? Like a device label or something?

Sure does, I will post the relevant parts here...

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Clear Reset............................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .......;
pci_cor : reg = 0x0 - 609 - 5D7
eth2: Station identity 001f:0006:0001:0003
eth2: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.3.6
eth2: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth2: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth2: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth2: MAC address 00:05:5D:F9:D2:D0
eth2: Station name "Prism I"
eth2: ready
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.3-1, assigned address 2
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x58f/0x9360) is not claimed by any active driver.
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.1-2, assigned address 2
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x3f0/0x6204) is not claimed by any active driver.
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: Generic Model: USB SD Reader Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Info fld=0x0, Current 00:00: sns = f0 2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Info fld=0x0, Current sd00:00: sns = f0 2
ASC=3a ASCQ= 0
Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x3a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 2
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb.c: registered new driver usblp
printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6204
printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
eth1: link down
eth2: New link status: Connected (0001)
eth2: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
eth2: New link status: Connected (0001)
NET4: AppleTalk 0.18a for Linux NET4.0
hub.c: new USB device 00:10.2-2, assigned address 2
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: 27.O
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sdb: Unit Not Ready, sense:
Current 00:00: sns = 70 2
ASC= 4 ASCQ= 2
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x12 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x04 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sdb : READ CAPACITY failed.
sdb : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Current sd00:00: sns = 70 2
ASC= 4 ASCQ= 2
Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x12 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x04 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
sdb : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sdb: I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
I/O error: dev 08:10, sector 0
unable to read partition table
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 2

It is detected.

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scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: 27.O
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

The device is /dev/sdb4. You can add an entry to the fstab file:
/dev/sdb4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,umask=000 0 0

I'm getting a pretty funky error from this, first off let me show you how I edited fstab...

Quote:

/dev/sdb4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,umask= 000 0 0

I've also had it to where it reads

Quote:

/dev/sdb4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,umask=000 0 0

And yes, I rebooted after editing and saving this file. Now the icon appears on the desktop, but when click on it, it begins
to try to read it from "Source:/mnt/zip" then it gives me the error dialouge containing the message

Quote:

mount: mount point /mnt/zip does not exist
Please check that the disk is entered correctly.

I'm pretty sure it's just something dumb I did in fstab, then again maybe the ZIP drive is being iffy?

You need to create a directory to use as a mount point.

mkdir /mnt/zip

Alright, that's solved half of the problem, now it tells me that writing to devices is not supported (I have the same problem with my windows
harddrives).
I was able to read the files that were previously on the ZIP Drive and delete them, however I now cannot write anything to the disk.