Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:29:27 +0200 | From | Internet Business <> | Subject | Re: ZIP drive as /dev/sda1 |
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"Mike A. Harris" ha escrito:
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Petr Sebor wrote: > > >I thought that zip drive is hardwired ad 4th device, but sometimes Linux > >discovers it under /dev/sda1 not /dev/sda4. This gives me troubles with > >my /etc/fstab since I don't know, where the zip drive will be next time... > > > >If you want detailed report, please contact me... > > ZIP disks are IDE devices that contain a partition table. Most > if not all ZIP disks come from the factory partitioned with > Primary partition 4 taking up the whole disk. WHY THE HELL they > chose that is anyone's guess. > > As such, any factory zip disks are mounted as /dev/sda4. If you > repartition them yourself however, or if anyone else does, then > the rules can certainly change indeed. > > Personally, I would either use all zip disks on sda4, or I would > force partition them to /dev/sda1. > > I don't see any other easy way around it. > > -- > Mike A. Harris Linux advocate > Computer Consultant GNU advocate > Capslock Consulting Open Source advocate > > Senior Programmer/Sysadmin - Rooms Plus Travel Guide > Need accomodations for your next trip? http://www.roomsplus.com > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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