USB - almost
Brad Hards
bhards at bigpond.net.au
Fri Aug 24 15:40:53 EST 2001
Arthur Chan wrote:
>
> Hi VP's
> On rebooting, Mandrake actually recognises the zip250 device.
> dmesg shows this :
>
> Vendor : IOMEGA Model : Zip 250 Rev.:32.G
> Type : Direct Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> SCISI device sdb: 489532 512byte hdwr sector (251MB)
> sdb: write protect is off
> sdb:sdb4
> WARNING: USB Mass storage data integrity not assured.
> USB Mass storage device found at 2
> USB Mass storage support registered.
> ...
>
> However when I do "ls /mnt/zip250.0" it gives me an error message
> "ls: /mnt/zip250.0: Input/output error"
I think that your main problem is that you need to either:
a. mount it using the -t vfat option OR
b. format the disk (as ext2 or whatever) OR
c. use mtools.
I recommend the last, because it involves the least dicking with kernel and
disk.
Try adding the following line to /etc/mtools:
drive z: file="/dev/sdb4"
Shove disk in drive, and mdir z: should show you the contents of the disk.
For all the details, read the linux USB guide, linked off
http://www.linux-usb.org
NOTE: YOU HAVE TO USE A 2.4 KERNEL WITH USB MASS STORAGE.
Brad
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