Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:54:47 -0400 | From | Wakko Warner <> | Subject | Re: ZIP drive as /dev/sda1 |
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> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Internet Business wrote:
Has anyone noticed the fact that 'internet business' has posted to quite a few threads like this?
> Looks like you geared up to reply to my post, but the words > didn't make it out. Feel free to send it again with your reply > or whatever if you like and I'll try and help out. > > Take care, > TTYL > > >"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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