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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] zip drives with BL
  • Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:03:33 +1300

sindi keesan wrote:
>
> We have an internal zip drive (IDE or ATAPI)
> What is the linux equivalent of these sys files?

Try the pportide.i kernel from Slackware 7.1.

> We have not used zip drives at all before.

Same here.

> I have the zip drive mini howto but cannot figure it out.

The ZIP-drive miniHOWTO is quite clear: first you need
a suitable kernel. The miniHOWTO gives step-by-step
instructions for compiling your own, but you probably
don't need to do that -- there is a zipslack.s kernel
that might match the specifications in the miniHOWTO
(check the kernel config).

Then the miniHOWTO gives step by step instructions for
what to do after booting the kernel:

> load the module insmod ppa

You will find it in Slackware: /modules/2.2.16/scsi

> build a mounting point. mkdir /zip
> insert a preformatted windoze type disk into the drive.
> mount the disk. mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /zip

If your kernel doesn't do vfat (see /proc/filesystems),
you will find a module for vfat in /modules/2.2.16/fs.
If you don't have /dev/sda4, do:
---------------------
mknod /dev/sda4 b 8 4
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> We have not used zip drives at all before.

Nor have I.

Cheers,
Steven

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