On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 01:38:42PM -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I am trying to install a zip100 parallel port drive that I have used on > two other RH-7.3 computers and keep getting an error message - > > [root@box1 root]# mount /dev/sda4 > mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device > > dmesg yields the following - > > ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x) > ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit > ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use PS/2 > ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using PS/2 > scsi1 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface > Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: D.09 > Put a zip disk into the drive, and as root try 'fdisk -l /dev/sda', then try 'fdisk -l /dev/sdb', etc. and look for a response. It is possible that the zip disk is not set up to use partition 4 (though that is the expected behavior), or perhaps you have some other SCSI devices so the zip drive is sdb. Is the disk set up to be ext2, or is it DOS formatted? -- Jim Kaufman mailto:jmk@linuxforbusiness.net Linux Evangelist cell: 612-481-9778 public key 0x6D802619 fax: 952-937-9832 http://www.linuxforbusiness.net -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
