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godot
01-17-2001, 09:55 PM
Just compiled kernel 2.4 on my debian box. The USB ports initialize at boot and the disk drive can even be accessed, somewhat.

Zip disks are generally formatted with the FAT file system. The drive is /dev/sda apparently so i put it in my /etc/fstab file like so:
/dev/sda /usbzip vfat defaults,noauto,user 0 0

whenever i try to mount it i get a message saying that i have the wrong file type or there are too many file types mounted. It accesses teh drive so i know i've got the right device. Anybody else played with this yet?

godot
01-17-2001, 10:20 PM
silly me, fdisk says the partition was /dev/sd4, hmm....

oh well, if anyone wants to know how to do this there's a really good page on it http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html