> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Petr Sebor wrote:
>
> >I thought that zip drive is hardwired ad 4th device, but sometimes Linux
> >discovers it under /dev/sda1 not /dev/sda4. This gives me troubles with
> >my /etc/fstab since I don't know, where the zip drive will be next time...
> >
> >If you want detailed report, please contact me...
>
> ZIP disks are IDE devices that contain a partition table. Most
> if not all ZIP disks come from the factory partitioned with
> Primary partition 4 taking up the whole disk. WHY THE HELL they
> chose that is anyone's guess.
>
> As such, any factory zip disks are mounted as /dev/sda4. If you
> repartition them yourself however, or if anyone else does, then
> the rules can certainly change indeed.
>
> Personally, I would either use all zip disks on sda4, or I would
> force partition them to /dev/sda1.
>
> I don't see any other easy way around it.
>
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