Joseph H Fannin II (trevorcor@zdnetonebox.com)
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:04:47 GMT
Try mounting pda5 rather than pda1. It looks like pda5 is a logical
partition inside the extended partition pda1.
Also, have you tried mounting the orb as a standard FAT disk, rather
than vfat (FAT32)? Just a thought.
Joseph Fannin II
"Bull in pure form is rare; there is usually some contamination by data."
-- William G. Perry Jr.
---- Frederic Soulier <frederic@wallaby.primex.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just bought a Castlewood Orb (// port) and I have some
> problems to use it.
>
> I am already using an Ezflyer230 and it works perfectly.
> My config is:
> - Linux Mandrake 6.1 (kernel 2.2.13)
> - Ezflyer 230 connected on // port 0x278
> (printer connected thru passthru on Ezflyer230)
>
> - Orb connected on // port 0x378
>
> at boot time, epat is recognized as protocol 0 and on26 is
> recognized as protocol 1.
>
> /etc/conf.modules
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278 irq=none,none
> alias block-major-45 pd
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> insmod parport
> insmod parport_probe
> insmod paride
> insmod epat
> insmod on26
> insmod pd drive0=0x378,1 drive1=0x278,0
>
> /etc/fstab (generated by linuxconf)
> ...
> /dev/pdb1 /mnt/ezflyer vfat user,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 1,1
> /dev/pda1 /mnt/orb vfat user,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 1,1
> ...
>
> I have attached a file that shows the messages at boot time and when
> the ezflyer is mounted (ok) and when the orb is mounted (fs pbm).
>
> #mount -t vfat /dev/pda1 /dev/orb
>
> note: on a windows machine the orb disk I am trying to read is
> recognized as a FAT disk.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
> Fred
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