ZIP 250 w/4.25 ?doesn't see DOS disks

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I can’t get my IDE ZIP 250 to see DOS disks.

Fsys.eide fsys -Ndisk1 -n0=hd1. -n5=cd1. eide -a170 -i15
Fsys.floppy -a3f0 -i6
Dosfsys b=/dev/fd1 a=/dev/fd0

ZIP is showing up as /dev/fd0 due to the Fsys.floppy/Fsys.eide order.

The ZIP will read QNX formated disks fine, but it can’t see DOS disks…
Corrupted file system detected…

Does anyone know why?

Thanks!

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mike wrote:

Fsys.eide fsys -Ndisk1 -n0=hd1. -n5=cd1. eide -a170 -i15
Fsys.floppy -a3f0 -i6
Dosfsys b=/dev/fd1 a=/dev/fd0

Did you try ‘Fatfsys’? I think this is the most recent DOS file system
manager. There has also been a Fsys.dos, but this is out-of-date, too.

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I’m not the original poster but . . . .
I did just try Fatfsys and it’s no better than Dosfsys or Fsys.dos (I have
all three).

What else can we try?

Karsten Hoffmann <Karsten.Hoffmann@mbs-software.de> wrote in message
news:3A2CAE64.3BDBAA82@mbs-software.de…

mike wrote:
Fsys.eide fsys -Ndisk1 -n0=hd1. -n5=cd1. eide -a170 -i15
Fsys.floppy -a3f0 -i6
Dosfsys b=/dev/fd1 a=/dev/fd0

Did you try ‘Fatfsys’? I think this is the most recent DOS file system
manager. There has also been a Fsys.dos, but this is out-of-date, too.

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| / | __ ) | > Karsten.Hoffmann@mbs-software.de > MBS-GmbH
| |/| | _ _ \ Phone : +49-2151-7294-38 Karsten Hoffmann
| | | | |) |__) | Fax : +49-2151-7294-50 Roemerstrasse 15
|| ||// Mobile: +49-172-3812373 D-47809 Krefeld

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Your problem may be that the Iomega DOS disks have
a partition table on them. Try:

\

mount -p /dev/fd1

Dosfsys b=/dev/fd1t6 & ( or whatever

BTW, I recommend getting Fatfsys.


Previously, mike wrote in comp.os.qnx:

I can’t get my IDE ZIP 250 to see DOS disks.

Fsys.eide fsys -Ndisk1 -n0=hd1. -n5=cd1. eide -a170 -i15
Fsys.floppy -a3f0 -i6
Dosfsys b=/dev/fd1 a=/dev/fd0

ZIP is showing up as /dev/fd0 due to the Fsys.floppy/Fsys.eide order.

The ZIP will read QNX formated disks fine, but it can’t see DOS disks…
Corrupted file system detected…

Does anyone know why?

Thanks!
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Mitchell Schoenbrun --------- maschoen@pobox.com

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BIMBO!

Er, ah, sorry. I was watching the movie “Short Circuit” last night. Let’s
try that again.


BINGO!

That was the problem. I didn’t realize that Zip disks had a partition.

Thanks again, Mitch.


Mitchell Schoenbrun <maschoen@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:Voyager.001206011425.2508B@schoenbrun.com…

Your problem may be that the Iomega DOS disks have
a partition table on them. Try:

\

mount -p /dev/fd1

Dosfsys b=/dev/fd1t6 & ( or whatever

BTW, I recommend getting Fatfsys.

Got it. Thanks.