zip disk format

[Andre Costa]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:55:15 -0800
Scott Talbot <talbotscott at cox.net> wrote:

>  	Just to add my $.02 to what Andre said, most zips are formatted 
> such that the information is on the 4th partition (that's the reason
> for the hdd4)

Nice, I never knew the reason for "4" in hd[a-d]4! Thks, Scott =)

> Try mounting your zip that way. you could also look in
> the hardware browser to see if kudzu is trying to automount it (not
> sure if RH8 will do that) or possibly do a cat /dev/scsi/scsi one of
> those should tell you where to mount it at.  
> Also, if someone has reformatted your disk it may not have a 4th
> partition, you might try just hdb, or hdb1 or whatever. the disk is
> more than likely formatted vfat if that helps

Best,

Andre

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Andre Oliveira da Costa