-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 So try mounting hda hda1, hda2, hda3, hda4, hda5, hda6, hda7, hda8 in order. There's actually a file in proc/ide/ide0/hdb that details the partitions (or was that /proc/partitions). Anyway, go be exahaustive. It won't take long. Joshua b. Jore Minneapolis Ward 3, precinct 10 http://www.greentechnologist.org On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Carl Zeilon wrote: > OK, this all seems correct. in /proc/ide/ide0/hdb I find several files. > "model" shows iomega zip 100 atapi. "driver" shows ide-floppy version .97. > "media" shows floppy. Trying to access the zip still shows an error "mount: > special device hdb4 does not exist" Remember, if I have a disk in the drive > at start up, it operates properly. There must be some program running at > start up that fudges this up. > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Actually, that you are reading that string from /proc indicates that > > your ide-floppy driver is already loaded. > > Yep, so you probably just have to find the right device for accessing the > zip drive. > > Look at the /proc/ide/hd?/model files. > Thanks, cat /proc/ide/drivers did produce "ide-floppy version .97" along > with other ide drivers that are working just fine. For example, my IDE > CDRW is assigned to sd0 & operates just fine (I assume it uses the ide-scsi > driver). Where do I go from here? I sure appreciate all the help. > > At 08:27 PM 11/8/2001, you wrote: > >Carl Zeilon <cznews at att.net> wrote: > > > > > > I'm running Mandrake 8.1. There are only 4 *.o.gz files in > > > /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/ide (ataraid, hptraid, > > > ide-tape, & pdcraid) modprobe ide-floppy returns "can't locate module > > > ide-floppy" Kudzu is a program that is supposed to detect changes in > > > hardware & then configure it for you. It works great for my SCSI 7 disk > > > changer that I only use so often. I remember someone raving about how > > > well 8.1 mounted/unmounted removable drives. Please help > > > >Well, it might be compiled into the kernel, or otherwise pre-loaded. `cat > >/proc/ide/drivers' to find out. You might find other interesting stuff in > >the /proc/ide hierarchy.. > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (OpenBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE77L15fexLsowstzcRArbVAJ9k1WI0gJ63kKIzdDzYxq4bYESTMgCgsCis bU33W3FigWf/3RjNFlEkCw4= =PiaS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----