mounting zip drives

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: mounting zip drives
started by: mustang335

Posted by mustang335 on June 07 2005,21:08

I haven't run accross a" to do" on mounting usb and parallel zip drives. All help would be appreciated. Marty

Posted by cbagger01 on June 07 2005,23:01

Try this:

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Posted by Guest on June 07 2005,23:03

USB zip drives are usually autodetected. You just have to know its device designation (e.g. /dev/sda1) and mount point (e.g. /mnt/sda1). To mount it, use the dock app at the lower right side of your desktop --- the one with a floppy drive icon and three buttons below it (long button with zipper icon, and two arrow buttons). Use the arrow buttons to select the device to mount, and the zipper button to mount/unmount the device. Access its contents from its mount point.

Parallel port zip drives come in two kinds. The old kind (100MB) uses the "PPA" module while the new kind uses the "IMM" module. To mount this:
- Attach the drive
- Open an XTerminal
- Type "mkdir zipmount"
- Type "sudo modprobe imm" or "sudo modprobe ppa", and take note whether the drive was detected as "sda" or "sdb"
- Put a disk in the zip drive
- Type "sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 zipmount"
Now your zipdrive should be mounted, albeit with root permissions. Read more about the "mount" command on changing the permissions.

Posted by mustang335 on June 10 2005,17:28

thanks for the help. I will be trying these suggestions.arty