Unable To Mount Zip Drive

What's the result of:-

$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hdd

Hi Alan: I'm sorry. I am not that familiar with this operating system and do not know how or where to find this information. Is there a link to open to enter this inquiry? Where do I find it? Could you provide me with instructions? Many thanks! Dick

Hi Dick: You could try to install gParted and try to format your hdd. I think that this harddisk isn't formated, and so Ubuntu can't mount it.

Dick-

To follow Alan's advice, you need to type the command in a terminal window. You can open a terminal by clicking on Applications (in the upper left) -> Accessories -> Terminal.

Once you have run the command, use your mouse to highlight the output and then, click the Edit -> Copy menu items in the Terminal window and then paste the results to a comment on your open ticket.

Once we have that information, we can move forward.

Thanks

Jim Jones

Attn: Jim Jones! Here are the results of entering this command as you requested. ~$ fdisk -1/dev/hdd
Hope this may be helpfull and if not, please advise further instructions! Many thanks for your assistance! Dick

~$ fdisk -1/dev/hdd
fdisk: invalid option -- 1

Usage: fdisk [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK Change partition table
       fdisk -l [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK List partition table(s)
       fdisk -s PARTITION Give partition size(s) in blocks
       fdisk -v Give fdisk version
Here DISK is something like /dev/hdb or /dev/sda
and PARTITION is something like /dev/hda7
-u: give Start and End in sector (instead of cylinder) units
-b 2048: (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors

Hi Dick,

The command you typed had a number "1" instead of the letter "l" (lower case L). Please try again, and make sure to type the lower case L after the dash :)

Wim

Entered as shown ~$ fdisk -l/dev/hdd , with this result:
bash: ~$: command not found.
Tried several times by direct entry then by copy and paste [after making correction to number 1 , with same results. I wonder if there needs to be a driver installed to make this work?

DIck -

try typing:

sudo fdisk -l /dev/hdd

that's:

sudoSPACEfdiskSPACE-lSPACE/dev/hdd

you will be prompted for a password. Enter the password that you use to login to the system. It will not be displayed when you type it. When you are done typing the password, hit Enter.

What is the output now?

Jim Jones

This problem is still not resolved and is a bit complicated for me, but here is the result of entering that command via copy and paste!

Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(937326, 59, 3)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdd2 ? 82368 1027695 968014120 65 Novell Netware 386
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(82367, 59, 19)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(1027694, 14, 2)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdd3 ? 913029 1858355 968014096 79 Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(913028, 3, 26)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(1858354, 20, 25)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdd4 ? 1409025 1409052 27749+ d Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(1409024, 0, 1)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(1409051, 6, 11)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

I had earlier thought that I would probably have to download and install drivers from Iomega web site to correct this problem. Please advise if this may be the case or something else is necessary to get this device to work! Sincere Thanks! Dick

hey I just followed this info (seeing as my predicament is identical) only after typing sudo fdisk -l /dev/hdd it just scrolled to another blank command promt as if I hadnt written anything.