[ILUG] Two questions

[Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin)]

The Zip problem is not related to the mice. 
An originally formatted Zip disk will always mount as /dev/sda4 (your Zip
drive is /dev/sda, the partition number is 4). A reformatted Zip disk (in
DOS / Win anyway) becomes /dev/sda1. This *can* cause mounting problems,
although it should be avoidable under linux (if reformatting, first fdisk
/dev/sda and create a partition number 4 only !)

You should always (well nearly always) mount a partition, not the raw drive,
hence you need to mount /dev/sda4 (or /dev/sda1 if it has been reformatted).

Hope this helps, 

Proinnsias

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Hello,
> I have installed Linux on my laptop. Since the mouse on a laptop is not
> handy as normal mouse, I use few time a "normal" mouse with. I have also a
> zip drive and I installed it but I have problem to mount it. When I use
> only one mouse, my zip drive is on /dev/sda and when I use two mouses th
> zip drive is on /dev/sda4. Do you know how can I fix that ?
> 
>