Hi
don't you want either
mount -t msdos /dev/hdd /mnt/floppy.
or
mount -t vfat /dev/hdd /mnt/floppy.
Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: Steven Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 2:46 PM
Subject: ide zip drive mount problem
> you know, i have this here ide (fat-formatted) zip
> drive installed as a slave to my hard disk, and i
know
> i've been able to access it through linux before
> simply by doing a mount, seemingly:
>
> "mount -t umsdos /dev/hdd /mnt/floppy."
>
> anyway, now when i try to mount it, the zip lip
> lights, so i'm pretty sure i have the right device
> (hdd), but then red hat 6.1 tells me:
>
> "mount: wrong fs system type, bad option, bad
> superblock on hda, or too many mounted file systems"
>
> the only thing i can figure is that before when i
> mounted it, the windows i have in another partition
on
> the same hard disk was formatted fat, whereas now
it's
> formatted ntfs, causing this "superblock" problem
> (whatever a superblock is...)
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks!
>
> --sjr
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