Thanks as this Compaq 200MHZ box I may install Linux on has a zip drive and would like to archive items onto the zip cartridges prior to reformatting the drive. One question: can Linux read the format of a zip cartridge? Amanda Lee Alexandria, VA On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, randy turner wrote: > > > hi, > i would like to add that if you have a zip drive > that the mount for it would be /dev/sda4 > thanks > randy > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > For drive assignments, I need to explain the following and I hope it > > doesn't geet too deep too fast. I honestly can't remember where I first > > learned this so that's why I figured to post this kind of stuff to the > > list and to our new our new friend here. > > First off, Linux doesn't use drive letters, that's a DOS/windows thing. > > All drives in Linux begin with a path name like /hda1, /hdb2, /hdc1 or > > /sda1, /sdb1, etc. The /hd? names go with IDE drives and /sd? names go > > with SCSI type drives. I should say that all these drive names actually > > begin with /dev/whatever but for brevity, I'll leave out the /dev part > > here; just lazy, I guess. /hda is the first drive on the first IDE > > controler. /hdb is the second or slave drive on the first IDE controler. > > /hdc is primary drive on the second IDE controler, /hdd would be the slave > > drive on the second controler. See the pattern? The same pattern would > > hold for SCSI drives however, I'm not sure if you would be limitted to two > > drives per SCSI controler. I don't have any SCSI hard drives here so not > > very familiar with SCSI protocols. > > > > The number corresponds to partitions on the current drive, hence /hda1 > > points to the first logical partition and /hda2 is the second and so > > forth. Most linux systems would have a minimum of two partitions - one for > > swap and one for the main file system. Since your 80gig hard drive is so > > big, you might want to create several partitions but I'll leave that > > discussion for another thread. > > > > I hope this makes some sense to you. > > > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Glenn Ervin wrote: > > > > > also, > > > how can I figure out what to assign to my drives? > > > I have an 80gb harddrive. > > > I have a r/w CD ROM, DVD, zip disk, and a removable harddrive bay. I think > > > the removable drive is on an IDE controller card. > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV > > > Northeast Nebraska > > > gervin at kdsi.net > > > or My Work e-mail: > > > gervin at ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
