Possible to use USB ZIP drive in Knoppix?

[RamonGTP]

I had some spare computer parts minus a hard drive and a case... But I had a generic PSU, motherboard, Duron 700, Video, memory, floppy, dvd drive, and a USB zip. So I figured i'd play around with knoppix until I get my hands on a hard drive. I'd like to be able to download and save things on the zip drive but I cannot figure out how to mount it, or if its even possible under knoppix. Currently the only storage i've got is just a floppy drive.

[Omardeth]

in some of the newer mobo's there is an option in the bio's to boot from a usb device . u should be able to load the os , if it will fit on it , onto the zip drive and go from there .

[RamonGTP]

Loading the OS isn't a problem... I've got a DVD drive and knoppix on a cd and it loads up fine. The problem is accessing the USB zip drive from within knoppix itself after it has been loaded.

[lynchmob]

It should work. Try running cdrecord -scanbus to see if it is seen as a mass storage device. Make note of it's location on the scsi bus. My USB thumbdrive returns this:

scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'CRUCIAL ' 'USB DRIVE       ' '1.12' Removable Disk
        0,1,0     1) *
        0,2,0     2) *
        0,3,0     3) *
        0,4,0     4) *
        0,5,0     5) *
        0,6,0     6) *
        0,7,0     7) *

0,0,0 is /dev/sda1. You need to make a mount point directory for it and then:
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/zipdrive
You'll have to make the "Save Config" floppy to reload the setting when you restart Knoppix.
HTH
lynch

[samwichse]

That's funny, have you tried plugging it in with a disk IN THE DRIVE at boot?

When I do this, it's autodetected as a hard drive. Otherwise it's /dev/sda4.

Sam