Re: IOMEGA IDE ZIP in 2.0.33, "64-block transfer limit set"

Derrik (dpates@kalifornia.com)
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 09:26:49 -0700 (PDT)


On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Etienne Lorrain wrote:

> Partition check:
> sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 > sda3 sda4
> ide-floppy: hda: I/O error, pc = 5a, key = 5, asc = 24, ascq = 0
> ide-floppy: Can't get drive capabilities
> hda: 98304kB, 196608 blocks, 512 sector size
> hda: 98304kB, 32/64/96 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm
> hda: hda4
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.

The 'Can't get capabilities' message on the Zip drive is normal - just
means it can't find some disk size info it wants. If there's a disk in
there at boot-time, then it won't whine. If you already have some Zip
disks, mount the 4th partition (hda4) as msdos or vfat. You should be able
to read and write and do all standard stuff with it.

Derrik Pates
dpates@kalifornia.com
dpates@acm.org

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