zip drive errors

[Cyber Source]

did you have the disk in the drive when you were trying those commands?
were you logged in as root?
On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 21:26, Michael wrote:

       Hi all,    I had a little time so I tried  cfdisk /dev/hdd, 
    cfdisk /dev/hdd4,  cfdisk /dev/scd0, all of which got me a fatal
    error, press any key to return, and fdisk /dev/hdd, fdisk /dev/scd0
    etc. etc. which resulted in unable to open disk. I don't have time
    right now to go into my boot config. file, I'm hoping to get to that
    tomorrow . Might I be doing something the wrong way?
     
    Thank you,
    Mike
     

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Cyber Source
        To: nflug at nflug.org
        Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 7:55 PM
        Subject: Re: zip drive errors
        
        also to use /dev/scd0, check to see if you have something like
        hdd=ide-scsi in your boot config, check your /etc/lilo.conf
        file, I add that all the time, then tell whatever my ide cd-rom
        drive is, that it is /dev/scd0, this is a nice workaround as
        Linux seems to work much better with scsi emulation and the
        supermount command lines in /etc/fstab don't have a problem with
        xmms then, it is a pretty neat little work around 
        On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 19:50, Justin Bennett wrote: 

            yeah use a blank disk, or even put one in with stuff on it. Try ding a fdisk
            /dev/hdd and see if you can see the partitions on them. If it's been used in
            windows you should be able to see the partitions, maybe it's not on 4...
            
            
            Michael wrote:
            
            > Justin,   the disks I've been trying to read have info written on them from
            > various windows sessions and are IBM formatted as per the label. I'm
            > figuring that I should still be able to read them as I can read floppy disks
            > that have been used in windows. I will try a blank disk and give
            > fdisk/dev/hdd a shot when my wife is done using my machine for her work. As
            > for creating a FAT partition on partition 4, do you mean the zip disk
            > itself?
            >
            > Mike
            >
            > ----- Original Message -----
            > From: "Justin Bennett" <justin.bennett at dynabrade.com>
            > To: <nflug at nflug.org>
            > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 7:04 PM
            > Subject: Re: zip drive errors
            >
            > > No is should be hdd. I have in internal one also. The parrelel version
            > uses scsi
            > > emulation over the parralel (spelling) port, and appears as a scsi device.
            > The
            > > ATAPI ide ones appear as hddx.
            > >
            > > Justin
            > >
            > >
            > > Michael Osika wrote:
            > >
            > > > Pete,  I have also read in other sources on the net ( Linux Gazette )
            > that
            > > > it should be a scsi device but I wasn't sure if this was right. I'm
            > willing
            > > > to give it a shot but how do I go about changing from hdd4 to sda4, and
            > > > being new to Linux, being specific is again appreciated. :-)   I have
            > played
            > > > around with different tools but have not found a way to change things. I
            > > > don't want to meddle too much when I'm not sure what consequences will
            > be.
            > > >
            > > > Mike
            > > >
            > > > ----- Original Message -----
            > > > From: "peter" <pvant67 at wnyip.net>
            > > > To: <nflug at nflug.org>
            > > > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 6:24 PM
            > > > Subject: Re: zip drive errors
            > > >
            > > > > Mike: the zip drive should be /dev/sda4, since it's a scsi device
            > > > > internally, regardless of the actual type of interface used. At least,
            > > > > that's what it wes on my parallel port model. I bet it's the same on
            > > > > yours. Either way, keep us posted
            > > > > --
            > > > > "Truly, if Te is strong in one, all one needs to do is sit on one's
            > ass,
            > > > > and the corpse of one's enemy shall be carried past shortly."
            > > > > -- spotted somewhere on Usenet
            > > > >
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