>>>>> "Magossa'nyi" == Magossa'nyi A'rpa'd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Magossa'nyi> On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, Michael Harnois wrote: >> Milos Prudek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Could someone help me with the installation of parallel >> version of > iomega ZIP under Debian Linux? I do not know where >> to start... >> >> Can you do it from a stock Debian kernel? I'm not sure. I'm >> doing it under 2.1.51 and it's easy from there ... Magossa'nyi> It is easy with 2.0.30 at least. I am not brave Magossa'nyi> enough to use more instable kernel than that. All Magossa'nyi> you have to do is to compile the module for it, and Magossa'nyi> modprobe ppa when you want to use it. You will have Magossa'nyi> /dev/sda to mount the disks from. You can get it to be autoloaded by `kerneld' iff you edit the "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep" file after you `depmod -a`. Attached is a diff; you'll have to hand edit though; I doubt if this will work as a patch. I've found that `ppa' works best as a module, since that way, you can plug the Zip in with the computer already booted, and when the driver is inserted, it gets initialized. Otherwise, with it compiled in, you have to reboot before the computer will "see" the drive. (Sound is the similar thing. When quake screws up the sound driver, you can unload and reload the module to fix it. Otherwise it takes a reboot.) I'm using 2.0.30 with the `parport' patch and the Curtin ppa driver. It's a lot faster than the stock ppa from 2.0.30. If you look on http://www.linuxhq.org/, you should be able to find the parport patch... I think. This is a bug in `depmod', isn't it??? I reported it once.
--- /lib/modules/2.0.30/modules.dep~ Thu Jul 24 12:34:18 1997 +++ /lib/modules/2.0.30/modules.dep Thu Jul 24 12:35:36 1997 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ /lib/modules/2.0.30/fs/nfs.o: -/lib/modules/2.0.30/fs/isofs.o: +/lib/modules/2.0.30/fs/isofs.o: /lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/sr_mod.o /lib/modules/2.0.30/fs/vfat.o: /lib/modules/2.0.30/fs/fat.o @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ /lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/fdomain.o: -/lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/ppa.o: /lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/scsi_mod.o +/lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/ppa.o: /lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/sd_mod.o /lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/sr_mod.o: /lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/scsi_mod.o
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.3.1 Linux 2.0.30+parport AMD K5 PR-133