>  c:  	196608 	0 	unused 	0 	0 		# (Cyl.  0 - 31)
>  h:  	196576 	32 	MSDOS 				# (Cyl.  0*- 31*) 

Looks like a pre-formatted one from Iomega (see my column on www.daemonnews.org
for details). So sd0h would be correct.

> sd0: no disklabel
> sd0:(wdc0:1): non-media hardware failure
> 
> Is this a case of 'send it back, it doesn't work!' ?

Yes. My 2nd ATAPI Zip drive gave those errors and made icky noises.
I took it back to Fry's and got another one that worked fine.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com