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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news.uoregon.edu!mars.efn.org!garcia.efn.org!not-for-mail From: cjb@efn.org (Chris Brunner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Accessing Iomega ZIP FAT Data? Date: 3 Oct 1996 12:17:49 -0700 Organization: Oregon Public Networking Lines: 33 Message-ID: <5313gt$ruc@garcia.efn.org> References: <5286up$31s@pacific.discover.net> <52r6bi$hcn@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: garcia.efn.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #7 (NOV) In <52r6bi$hcn@solaris.cc.vt.edu> jmurray@vt.edu (John Murray) writes: >In article <5286up$31s@pacific.discover.net>, >Kolin E. Hand <kehand@pacific.discover.net> wrote: >> >>Greetings All, >> >>The FAQ only mentioned that -Current supported ZIP drives "cleanly". >Thiss reffers to some werid messages you may get at startup, which as far I >know can be ignored. >>Does FreeBSD allow using ZIP drives that already contain data written >>in FAT format? >>I am interested in knowing if I can mount a ZIP disk using something >>like: >> >> mount -t msdos /dev/sd3a /mnt >Yes, the command I use is: > mount -t msdos /dev/sdxs4 /mnt >where x is your scsi drive number 1 in my case apperntly 3 in your case. What about paralell ZIP drives? What is the device for them? Thanks! -- -Chris Brunner --cjb@efn.org- ---Eugene, OR- ----USA-------