jeanrev Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 I have a Iomega ZIP100 scsi internal with MDK 9.1 I cannot see how I can format this disk help me please thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Can you see the device, is it mounted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 If it is mounted, just format your /mnt/zip directory. Your WM/DE (Window Manager/Desktop Environment) should have tools to do it as well. Which one are you using? Is there a zip icon on your desktop? Have you right-clicked on it and looked for the option in a drop-down menu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanrev Posted September 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 my question is : How do I just format my /mnt/zip directory ? is it by console or under the desktop ? I cannot see any command from the Mandrake control center Bash does'nt understand any "format" command thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanrev Posted September 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 If it is mounted, just format your /mnt/zip directory. Your WM/DE (Window Manager/Desktop Environment) should have tools to do it as well. Which one are you using? Is there a zip icon on your desktop? Have you right-clicked on it and looked for the option in a drop-down menu? yes my ZIP is mounted on the desktop and the right clic provides "open with""copy" send to bootmarks, modify this type of file, zip this file, create date CD, unmount but with the supervisor permission nothing to format it thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 I found a floppy formatter in the KDE desk top for you. the K "start" button>configuration>hardware>floppyformatter Maybe since you have the zip drive an option for that will show up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanrev Posted September 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 I found a floppy formatter in the KDE desk top for you. the K "start" button>configuration>hardware>floppyformatter Maybe since you have the zip drive an option for that will show up there. Thanks for your help but apparently this floppy formatter is not designed for anything else than floppy I couldn't see any way to use it with my Iomega ZIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schussat Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 I cannot see how I can format this disk It has been quite a while since I used my Zip drive, so this is only secondhand: Have you tried the linux tools from Iomega? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 First, you should not format a mounted filesystem. You format with the mkfs command which must be done as root. This is the syntax: # mkfs -t <filesystem type> <device file> <block size in kilobytes> My zip drive is a usb and is designated as /dev/sda4. Assuming yours is the same, you can format as follows: # mkfs -t msdos /dev/sda4 98000 The main problem you'll have is that you probably have supermount enabled on your zip drive so as soon as you put a disk in the drive it's mounted which mkfs doesn't like. Also, you can not unmount the drive with the umount command with supermount enabled. I have supermount disabled on my drive so I have no problem. You'll have to edit /etc/fstab to disable supermount. Here's my line from fstab for my zip drive: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat user,exec,noauto,defaults,umask=0,rw 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Have you tried the linux tools from Iomega? I did not know those existed! That is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanrev Posted September 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 I think the quickest thing is to go back to WIN$ and format it without any problems as it was done before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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