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Re: mzip from the mttols package



Graeme Nichols wrote:
Hello Folks, well.. 2004 already! I hope everyone's 2004 started out
auspiciously. They say that as you get older, well, more mature, really,
each year goes faster than the one before it. I won't let on how old I
am, just let's say that 2003 went so fast I had trouble getting a focus
on it.

Can someone tell me if the mzip command, from the mtools package,
actually works? Every time I have tried to use it I get the message that
A: isn't a Zip drive. Is there a config file for it, or mtools
generally. My Linux Bible doesn't shed very much light on the subject
apparently assuming that it works without trouble.

The config file for mtools is /etc/mtools.conf. By default, any mtools program where you don't specify a drive will use a: and since that isn't your ZIP drive, you get the error.

You probably need to add something like:

Drive X: file="/dev/sda4" partition=4

which assumes your ZIP drive appears as /dev/sda and the active
partition is partition 4 (which is pretty normal for preformatted
ZIP disks).  You may not need the "partition=4" bit.  Good luck.
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