On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Croombe F. Pensom <croombefp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After having used my Zip drive since FC4, I installed FC10. After > install, the system tells me that the Zip drive is there OK. I put in a > disk but the drive turns and the access light stays on but it won't > mount. After that, it won't unmount either and the only way to fix the > situation is power down and up again. The drive no longer appears when > the "Computer" ikon is opened : floppy, yes, other HDs, yes, Kingston U > stick, yes : but no Zip. > I tried creating a suitable directory and then mounting, but it comes > back and tells me that I must specify the file type. If I do that, it > still doesn't mount. > So, I went in as root, added a suitable line to fstab and fired up > again : the same thing : can't get Zip to mount. > This is frustrating as I regularly use these to store little bits of > useful data without wasting blank CDs and previous FCs operated the > drives OK. > Again, suggestions would be appreciated. > CroombeFP What type of drive is it? USB or Internal IDE? I recently used a USB Zip 250 to clean off all my disks before putting it in a garage sale and it worked perfectly under F10 (x86_64). Richard -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
