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How to Access an External Zip Drive

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During the installation of your copy of Linux, you will be asked if you want to set-up any SCSI adapters. Select 'Yes'.

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From the list that appears, select 'Iomega PPA3' (parallel port zip), then complete the installation of Linux.

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Log-on as 'root'. You must either be root or a user with permissions set to permit mounting a drive.

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Ensure you have a zip disk in your drive, and then enter:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip

Note

If this doesn't work (which on a fresh install probably won't), enter:

cd /mnt

...and then:

ls

...to check that you have a directory called 'zip'. If not, enter:

mkdir zip

...and then re-issue the above command.

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Now go to the zip directory with the command:

cd /mnt/zip

...and list it using:

ls

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How to Access an Internal Zip Drive

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Log-on as 'root'.

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Enter:

mount /dev/hdc4 /mnt/zip -t vfat

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Now go to the 'zip' directory by entering the command:

cd /mnt/zip

...and list it using the command:

ls

By Laurence Hunter laurence@thebits.co.uk

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