From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 8 12:55:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D9CF16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:55:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.mail.uk.clara.net (mx1.mail.uk.clara.net [195.8.69.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B3CA43D2B for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:55:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@carter-hitchin.clara.co.uk) Received: from du-041-0021.access.clara.net ([217.158.117.21] helo=stoat.clara.net) by mx1.mail.uk.clara.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ATSOG-000BuJ-Kb; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:54:01 +0000 Received: from stoat.clara.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by stoat.clara.net (8.12.8p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hB8KrJa4017832; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:53:19 GMT (envelope-from david@carter-hitchin.clara.co.uk) Received: from localhost (david@localhost)hB8KrJbv017829; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:53:19 GMT (envelope-from david@carter-hitchin.clara.co.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: stoat.clara.net: david owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:53:19 +0000 (GMT) From: David Carter-Hitchin X-X-Sender: david@stoat.clara.net To: Charles Howse In-Reply-To: <200311241842.09452.chowse@charter.net> Message-ID: <20031207143525.T2586@stoat.clara.net> References: <200311241842.09452.chowse@charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FBSD Questions Subject: Re: Using multiple zip disks X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:55:55 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:55:55 -0000 from the ZIP FAQ I constructed the following script: [501]->cat makezip.sh #!/bin/sh dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 count=2 disklabel -Brw da0 auto newfs /dev/da0c HTH David. On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Charles Howse wrote: > Hi, > I have an external USB Iomega Zip 250 drive that is working properly after I > configured it using sysinstall. I have added an entry to fstab that allows > me to just enter "mount /zip" to mount it. > > /dev/da0s1e /zip ufs rw,noauto 0 0 > > The problem is that I have more than one zip disk that I would like to use. > I have some zip 100's and some zip 250's. > > The only disk that has a ufs filesystem on it is the one that was in it when I > configured it, a zip 100. > > What is the proper way in 4.8 to prepare my other disks so that I can insert > any of them, regardless of the size, and just enter "mount /zip"? > > I'm thinking use sysinstall with one of the zip 250's in the drive, configure > a new slice, and mount it at /zip2...? Then I would "mount /zip2" > > Then maybe I can just insert one of the zip 100's, and manually put a > filesystem on it like I was installing a new HD...? > > Am I close? Is there a *real* easy way? > > -- > Thanks, > Charles > http://howse.homeunix.net > > Random Murphy's Law: > The inside contact that you have developed at great > expense is the first person to be let go in any > reorganization. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >