On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Todd Whitesel wrote:

> > gallafent# mount -t msdos /dev/sd0a /mnt/zip
> > mount_msdos: mount: Device not configured
> > ...
> > Any ideas?
> 
> try "disklabel sd0"

# /dev/rsd0c: 
type: ATAPI 
disk: 
label: fictitious-MBR 
flags: 
bytes/sector: 512 
sectors/track: 96 
tracks/cylinder: 64 
sectors/cylinder: 6144 
cylinders: 32 
total sectors: 196608 
rpm: 2941 
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0 
cylinderskew: 0 
headswitch: 0 # milliseconds 
track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds 
drivedata: 0

8 partitions:  
# 	size 	offset 	fstype 	[fsize 	bsize 	cpg]
  c:  	196608 	0 	unused 	0 	0 		# (Cyl.  0 - 31) 
  h:  	196576 	32 	MSDOS 				# (Cyl.  0*- 31*) 
disklabel: boot block size 0
disklabel: super block size 0

Not being particularly au fait (!) with this sort of thing, I guess this
means I should mount it as /dev/sd0h ... (Tried that just now: got a more
meaningful message on console ...) 

sd0: no disklabel
sd0:(wdc0:1): non-media hardware failure

Is this a case of 'send it back, it doesn't work!' ?

(Only problem is, it's been sitting in the machine for ages waiting for me
to get round to playing with it (and getting some discs!) - I wonder if
the supplier will be understanding... probably not :( )

Cheers,

Bill