On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> I'd like to be transfer files on a zip disk between work (a mac
> environment running OS X) and home (Linux). How should I format the
> disk so I can mount it on the Linux system and what parameters should
> I use for the mount command? It seems the mac OS X system can read
> from and write to any format, but I can't get anything to work on the
> Linux end. Could it be something in my /etc/fstab file that's
> interfering with this?
Most likely, yes. You either have the wrong device configuration
(/dev/sd?) or you're trying to mount the wrong FS type, or your kernel
doesn't support the specific FS needed. Posting the error msgs would be
very helpful...
The first assumption is easy to prove: can you mount _any_ zip disk? If
you can, the device configuration is ok, so we're down to the FS.
If you're sure what FS the disk has been formatted with, you can
override fstab settings. For example, here I have:
/dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
and I can do
mount -t vfat /mnt/zip
Thanks -- I've finally been successful mounting my zip disk, but only as
superuser and with the command augmented to:
mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip
Is there some way I can do this other than as root and without having to
type so much?
Jerry