Connecting a USB Zip drive -- whatever am I doing wrong?

[Phil Schulz]

epilogue wrote:
> 
> ### relevant lines from kernel
> device          vpo
> device          scbus
> device          da
> device          uhci    # uhci related entries show up in dmesg
> device		usb
> device		ugen
> 

Don't forget umass.
Try adding sa. My USB HDD comes up as /dev/sa0. Your ZIP drive might 
need sa, too.

[dmesg snipped]

[various messages snipped]

> 
> ### /var/log/messages
> Jul  4 21:47:04 /kernel: umass0: Iomega USB Zip 100, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 2
> Jul  4 21:47:04 /kernel: umass0: Get Max Lun not supported (STALLED)
> Jul  4 21:48:09 /kernel: umass0: BBB reset failed, IOERROR
> 

I guess if you posted these to stable@ you might get more attention.

> ### mounting
> i'm not sure that i 'get' which device the zip maps to nor how to determine
> this.  i have tried about 40 different combinations of mount (mostly
> gleaned from my research), but i have yet to hit upon the right command. 
> 
> # mount -t msdos /dev/da* /mnt  # * = practically every single one
> msdos: /dev/da0s4: Device not configured
> 

See above. I think USB mass storage devices require sa to work, 
therefore you would need sth like

mount -t msdos /dev/sa* /mnt  <-- Don't know what * should be out of my 
head now.

Hope this helps.

Phil.