From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16XR9d-00019S-00 for ; Sun, 03 Feb 2002 13:14:17 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g13IBGe11826 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 13:11:16 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 13:11:16 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me! In-Reply-To: <008001c1ac64$f3b33680$0100a8c0@mshome.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Amanda: For the latest authoratative answers, go to /usr/src/linux/Documentation and do a: grep -ir "zip drive" * On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Amanda Lee wrote: > Okay, then what would I compile into the kernel and o'well guess will be > baptism by fire! ha! Maybe I had better stay up a few nights with the modem > hahahha! > > I would like to use it though guess some of you are saying ... why. > > Thanks. > > Amanda Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: "Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca" > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:56 PM > Subject: Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me! > > > Amanda: > > The fact that you want to use a zip drive is a mattor of support being > compiled in your kernel for that device. To mount you should specify the > filesystem, source device and mount point. > > I don't have a zip drive, but I do have an orb---somewhat similar. My orb > is a scsi device and gets /dev/sda5 as it's the only scsi drive on my > portable. At the office I have a scsi hard disk and a scsi orb, so my orb > at the office becomes /dev/sdb5. The mount point, of course, is whatever > directory you want the filesystem from that media to show up in. So, I > have /mnt/orb for that. > > Thus, if my orb is formatted with the linux ext2 filesystem, I might say: > > mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /mnt/orb > Or, if it's FAT32 (for some silly reason), at the office I would say: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt/orb > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org