Hello,

I have a question regarding formatting the zip disk to ffs.  So far it=20
mounts/reads/writes in msdos format for the disk was already formatted in=
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msdos format.  I am trying to reformat the disk to ffs but can't seem to =
do=20
it.  disklabel sd0 gives:

# /dev/rsd0d:
type: SCSI
disk: ZIP 750
label: fictitious
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 32
tracks/cylinder: 64
sectors/cylinder: 2048
cylinders: 718
total sectors: 1470500
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # microseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # microseconds
drivedata: 0

8 partitions:
#        size    offset     fstype  [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
 d:   1470500         0     unused      0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 71=
8*)
 h:   1470432        32      MSDOS                      # (Cyl.    0*- 71=
7)
disklabel: boot block size 0
disklabel: super block size 0

I am using newfs /dev/sd0h but it's complaining that disklabel is not for=
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4.2BSD.  So I did disklabel -e /dev/sd0h to change the disklabel, i.e.,=20
change the line above "h: 1470432 32 MSDOS" to "h: 1470432 32 4.2BSD 1024=
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8192" then save, exit.  This vreated EdDk file in /tmp.  I then did diskl=
abel=20
-R /dev/sd0h /tmp/EdDk but it the disklabel of the disk never changes!

I am wondering how you formatted your zip disks to ffs type.

Thank you for your help.


Yours sincerely,
S. N. Cho,
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002.



On Tuesday 17 December 2002 05:11 pm, you wrote:
> Sung N. Cho wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have bought IOMEGA 750M Zip drive for backup purpose but little
> > hesitant to open till I'm sure it works with NetBSD.  If it works wit=
h
> > NetBSD, in what format is the ZIP disks being formatted in?  Or, are =
ZIP
> > disk formats as universal as those for CDs, CD9660 format?  Thank you=
 in
> > advance.
>
> It's a while since I used a Zip drive (one of the original 100Mb
> critters), but I used to format it as ext2fs so I could mount it under
> Linux or *BSD. So yes, treat it like an ordinary floppy or hard drive
> and format it as whatever you want.
>
> Chris