#Mac os zip drive 100 icon iomega manual#

If you look here you will see a node for device block 'hd*' (your actual zip drive, but not for the partition 'hd*4' (unlike your hard drive(s)). You now need to create a device node for your zip drive in the /dev directory.

A zip drive icon should now appear in Places>Computer. Specifying the actual filesystem used usually produces an error on mounting).Ħ. (you will notice in Device Manager that the filesystem 'policy' for zip drives is 'auto'. dev/hdd4 /media/zip0 auto rw,user,noauto,sync 0 0 You need to add a line which looks like this (my drive is the secondary slave, therefore 'hdd'). This file controls how all your drives are mounted. Once you know the device name, edit /etc/fstab - sudo gedit /etc/fstab. Always use partition 4 on the zip disk for any FAT filesystem, however.ĥ.

You can reformat them if you wish (see below), although I don't recommend using any filesystem type other than FAT16 or FAT32. For some reason, Iomega disks formatted with the stock FAT16 filesystem use partition number 4. This will most likely be '/dev/hd*4' (where '*' depends on where your drive is connected according to the above scheme). Next to 'vice' should appear your drive's device name. Scroll down to your zip drive and click the 'Advanced' tab. Look in System>System Administration>Device Manager. dev/hdc Secondary IDE Controller Master (usually your CD-ROM) dev/hda Primary IDE Controller Master (usually your hard drive) In Linux, IDE devices are named according to the following pattern. Not strictly necessary, but gives your drive a slightly shorter name to be referenced by.ģ. (optional) Create a symbolic link '/media/zip' - sudo ln -s /media/zip0 /media/zip. This is the directory which will eventually contain your drive's contents.Ģ. Open up a terminal and type sudo mkdir /media/zip0. If you are using Ubuntu Warty visit the Warty Tips & Tricks forum). Here's a detailed how-to for mounting your zip disks in Ubuntu Hoary (for Warty there are a couple of different steps.

#Mac os zip drive 100 icon iomega manual#

Going through zip drive hell? Unfortunately these devices don't always work 'out-of-the-box' on some Linux systems, but it's nothing a little manual configuration can't fix.