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It's a vfat filesystem. Those perms don't translate to anything useful
under Linux.
> 
> when the zip platter is mounted via the "mount /mnt/zip" command
> listed above, the "mount" command returns this line (among others):
> 
> /dev/hdd4 on /mnt/zip type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev)
> 
> BUT,
> after sending the command "umount /mnt/zip" I clicked on the
> desktop icon, which automounted the platter and opened a Konky
> window with the directory structure properly displayed.  With
> that window still open on the screen the "mount" command does
> NOT indicate that the zip platter is mounted!
> 
> I remain clueless in Atlanta.
> 
> Well mostly clueless.  fstab refers to /mnt/zip.  The automount
> icon on the desktop is opening /misc/zip.
> the applicable line in /etc/auto.misc looks like this:
> zip  -fstype=auto,nosuid,nodev,gid=users,uid=nobody,umask=7 :/dev/hdd4
> 
> Now, while the file window is open on the desktop for the
> zip platter as /misc/zip and I can read files thereon,
> the command line tells me that there are no files/directories
> in the /misc directory! ie, /misc/zip does not exist. 
> But it does. It's open on the desktop!
> 
> 
> Sean
> 
> sometimes Linux/unix is not as straightforward as the
> ads claim. <grin>
> 
> 
No Kidding!! (Which "r" means recursive, "R" or "r"?)

Try messing with the zip drive using the mtools set of commands. 

mdir z:  should show the contents of the disk, etc.

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