Khimenko Victor writes:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > Let me get this straight: when no medium is inserted, the "disc" entry
> > exists? That's not what should happen.
> >
> Ok. I just checked once more. No, if there are no medium is inserted
> "disc" entry is not created. Now I recovered the whole situation: I
> inserted ZIP drive without partition table => ide-floppy loaded,
> disc entry created. Then I tried to mount is as zip-win (i.e. not as
> whole disc but as part4) and failed. Then I replaced it with proper
> zip disc with partiton table and tried to access part4... Yes, most
> common problem is fixed in recent versions of devfs. This one does
> not :-(( Of course it's suble problem and so solution can wait :-)
So the problem is that while the "disc" entry is created (zip-win)
medium inserted, no partition entry is created?
>From what you say, it appears that the medium doesn't have a valid
partition table. When you insert and access the win-zip medium, what
partition table information appears in the kernel logs?
Perhaps the problem lies in the Linux partition table reading. If
that's the case, devfs won't see any partitions either.
Regards,
Richard....
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