No More Zip Drive!
I have just recently upgraded from Mandrake 10 Community to 10.1 Official. And I found something rather peculiar out, that I have failed to recognize since I installed this distro...
I have no zip drive. I open up MCC and do not see it in detected hardware, and it will not detect it no matter how much I try. Has anyone had this problem? It is an external serial-powered Zip 100, though when it attached in previous Mandrake installs when I looked at it under MCC it said something about "virtual" SCSI or something to that extent. How can I get this thing installed? What is my first step? Thanks for the help! ~Allexus |
My guess is that this will show up as /dev/sda4 when all is well (must be sda4, not sda1, due to peculiarities of Zip disks).
To make it show up, check your /dev/. I suspect that you will not see /dev/sda4 or even /dev/sda. You can force Mandrake to create these /dev entries by attempting a mount of the device, not the partition. You will get an error, but the /dev entries will be created. So, to do this, issue the following command: mount -t auto /dev/sda /mnt/any_valid_mount_point This will give you an error, but you should now see /dev/sda and /dev/sda1. This normally automounts the disk at this point as /mnt/removable, but if not, you can proceed now with a normal mount command sequence to mount the disk. |
Thanks for your help.
Unfortuantely, my problem is not solved thus far. Here is what I have tried: Quote:
Thanks again, Allexus |
Well, if your post accurately reflects what you have tried, you have missed the "magic formula" so far. Type exactly this:
mount -t auto /dev/sda /mnt/sda4 Make sure that you created /mnt/sda4 prior to doing this. I can't guarantee that this will work, but it has worked for all of my removable drives (ATAPI Zip, USB Memory Stick, Fireware CompactFlash). I hope it will work for yours. |
Hi Mac57...
Here is how its gone so far. Quote:
Hmmm...when I was running CE edition I had no problems with this; Mandrake usually picks up on my zip drive automatically. This is so weird. -=\ Any other suggestions? Anyone? I'm all ears! And thanks again! |
Hahah! I have fixed it! Browsing the forum I have found someone with a similar issue.
By issuing the command: modprobe ppa the zip drive whirled and was thereby immediately picked up. How neat. :D Thanks for your help Mac57! |
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