Subject: Re: Installing from dos-formatted ZIP drive
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Martin Loeffler <martin.loeffler@utoronto.ca>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/28/1996 11:57:41
At 10:16 AM 2/28/96 -0500, Michael Graff wrote:
>
>>>I mount ZIP disks with no disklabel on them from time to time myself.
>>
>>Are you running the stock v1.1, or the current release? What is the
>>exact command you're using? Have you ever had the error message I
>>was getting when you booted up?
>
>-current ; mount -t msdos /dev/sd3d /zip ; yes, all the time, as I've
>_tried_ to tell you twice before.

Yes, thank you.

>>Well, it sounds like you're doing what I'm trying to do. Fingers
>>crossed..
>
>I suspect your disks are partitioned.

They're not.

> Try running netbsd's fdisk on

I can't, I'm installing for the first time and don't have fdisk.

>them to check.  If they are, they will need a label before you can
>mount them.

Whatever. This is too much of a headache for all concerned. I think I'll
go back to Linux. Thanks for your help.

M.
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