How to I use unix formatted ZIP disks?
The ZIP drives in our lab machines are set up to use the automounter. The automounter will automatically mount the drive for you when you access it, and unmount it when it is not being used. If you want to use Ext2fs (linux) formatted ZIP disks in the lab, make sure you create a filesystem on the disk in the lab before using it by typing: /sbin/mke2fs /dev/zip so that the ZIP disk is formatted with your user permissions. The ZIP disk will be automatically mounted under /zip once you access that directory. You can use any normal Ext2fs (linux) file commands on the ZIP drive. cd /zip cp ~/files.txt /zip rm /zip/files.txt Q: How can I copy a large file to floppies or ZIP disks A: If you need to copy a file to a unix formatted floppy or ZIP disk, but the file is larger than the disk, you can use the -M flag of tar to copy it onto multiple disks. For example: tar cvf /dev/fd0 -M my.big.file tar cvf /dev/zip -M my.big.
