From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: any luck with tar on a ZIP drive? 25 Sep 1997 06:31:32 -0700 Message-ID: <19970925123221.1462.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, chuck AT hysteria DOT spb DOT ru >To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >From: Chuck Bogorad >Subject: any luck with tar on a ZIP drive? >Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 14:00:32 +0300 > > >i have an IOMEGA ZIP-100 drive (scsi). drive letter is "E:". i mounted it as >/zip for e: and /dev/zip for \\.\e: (just like floppies): > >Device Directory Type Flags >\\.\NUL: /dev/null native no-mixed,text=binary >\\.\a: /dev/fd0 native no-mixed,text=binary >\\.\b: /dev/fd1 native no-mixed,text=binary >\\.\e: /dev/zip native no-mixed,text=binary >\\.\r: /dev/cdrom native no-mixed,text=binary >\\.\tape0 /dev/st0 native no-mixed,text=binary >\\.\tape1 /dev/st1 native no-mixed,text=binary >c: /boot native no-mixed,text=binary >d: / native no-mixed,text=binary >e: /zip native no-mixed,text=binary >p: /maint native no-mixed,text=binary >r: /cdrom native no-mixed,text=binary >y: /swap native no-mixed,text=binary > >when i do a "dd if=/dev/zip ..." it works perfectly allright. but "tar cf >/dev/zip *" reports "tar: Cannot open /dev/zip: Permission denied". "tar cf >\\\\.\\e: *" causes a trap. i use b18 + latest Sergey's coolview. > >any ideas? > > > >- Try the tar with the /zip mount point. I believe the /dev/zip emulates the device driver file and can't be written to directly. I may be totally wrong on this so if I am others please correct me. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".