[ale] Several questions for a newbie

[esoteric at denali.atlnet.com (Wandered Inn)]

> My zip100 drive had this problem.  Perhaps you too are having this problem.  Turns out
> /mnt/zip was 'pointing' to the wrong device.  It seems there are two devices the Zip
> drives show up under /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda4.  The sda1 is ext2 and sda4 is vfat or
> dos.  Check your /etc/fstab for this
> try something like
 
> /dev/sda4    /mnt/zip    vfat    users,noauto,rw    0 0

Actually, most zips are preformatted to have a single filesystem
/dev/sda4.  You can actually create multiple filesystems if you'd like. 
I don't think you find a /dev/sda1 on a stock zip though.  You can
reformat them as well as change repartition just like a hard drive.
 
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