Zip Disk - how to use a zip disk in Linux

If you have an unformatted zip disk you will want to see Kevin Cooper or Terry Wagoner, in Systems, who will format the zip disk for you. They will also need to configure your machine to be able to read the disk.

Mount the disk

  1. Put the disk into the machine.
  2. Give the command: mount /mnt/zip
  3. You may see what files are on the disk by: ls /mnt/zip
  4. Change the directory to the disk by: cd /mnt/zip

Unmount the disk

  1. Give the command: umount /mnt/zip
  2. Take the disk out of the machine.