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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 14:07:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Error mounting Zip SCSI 
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On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote:

> (ahc0:2:0): "IOMEGA ZIP 100 E.08" type 0 removable SCSI 2
> sd2(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 
> sd2(ahc0:2:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB
> sd2 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry
> 96MB (196608 512 byte sectors)

This is correct.

> but when I try :
> 
> {114} /tmp#mount -t msdos /dev/sd2s1 /mnt
> msdos: /dev/sd2s1: Invalid argument

does /dev/sd2s1 actually exist in /dev?  Is the disk formatted?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
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