On 04 Nov 2002 10:25:45 +0930 James McArthur <james@pcorp.com.au> wrote: > Hi, > > Just started using a USB 100M Zip drive .. it worked with RH8 > "straight out of the box". One question though; to get to the disk I > used, > > mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip > > Why did it pick sda4? Is this common across all USB Zip Linux > installs?(ie, could it have chosen sda0 instead?) Because you're using a winders ZIP. For whatever reason that was never published to my knowledge, they chose 4 to be the one and only partition on windos ZIP disks. In linux you can choose whatever partition number(s) you desire (except 0). You can even partition it into extended partitions and use those. Why anyone would is beyond me, but the capability is there. The 0 isn't allowed as a partition. Not for any partition on any device. A device itself can have it in the name (scd0 or fd0 for example). -- Practice random acts of intelligence and senseless acts of self-control. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
