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Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 11:51:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Thomas Graham <shiva@u.washington.edu>
To: lcary@equinox.unr.edu
Subject: ZIP DRIVES (for those who want to know...) (fwd)
Hereit is, the info on istallation of a ZIP drive to at least a SS1+ or
SS2, SS5, and perhpas an SS10! I have never worked on anything more than
a 1+ (that is what I have) but think it might work on the others as
well, we hope anyway :)
First, format and partition the disk:
Just follow the list (y means yes as if you didn't know)
# mkdir zip
# format -t "Iomega ZIP 100" -p "ZIP 100" c0t5d0
format
y
partition
label
y
quit
quit
The partition info. is the following:
disk_type = "Iomega ZIP 100" \
: ctlr = SCSI \
: ncyl = 980 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 982 \
: nhead = 2 : nsect = 100 \
: rpm = 3600 : bpt = 51200
partition = "ZIP 100" \
: disk = "Iomega ZIP 100" : ctlr = SCSI \
: c = 0, 196000 : g = 0, 196000
here's the (v)fstab entry:
/dev/sd5g /zip 4.2 rw,noauto 0 0
Now, create a ufs filesystem on the newly formatted disk:
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s6
y
Now, to use it, you may mount the disk:
# mount /dev/sd5g /zip
To unmount the disk:
# umount /zip
and to eject it:
# eject /dev/sd5g
I recommend never ejecting the disk by hand, just to keep yourself from
accidentally doing so while the drive is mounted. Instead always use the
eject command. And remember, always unmount the drive before ejecting.
If you just eject, then put in a different disk and attempt to use it,
bad things could happen.