On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Sergio Korlowsky wrote:
> When I try to activate the zip drive after a reboot or after a normal
> power up, it seems like M6 "forgot" all previous configurations.
>
> If I click on the icon to open it I got, Could not mount, error log
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device
> (maybe 'insmod driver?')
>
> obviously I tried "insmod ppa", but then I get this...
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.9-27mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_release_Rcdfb4d19/lib/modules/2.2.9-27mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved
> symbol parport_unregister_device_R528dbb47
> /lib/modules/2.2.9-27mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_register_device_R2c1b9116
> /lib/modules/2.2.9-27mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_claim_R4664b1b5
> /lib/modules/2.2.9-27mdk/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_enumerate_R52981eea
this is normal
> It may look funny but if I just do a "modprobe ppa"
> after that everything works!
>
> May I need to add something else in conf.modules...
> or in fstab?
alias block-major-8 ppa
in conf.modules
(as long as you have no other scsi drives/cards)
> Obviously I am missing something.... mmmmm
> any help appreciated.
>
> It works... but I dont want to open a term and do a "modprobe ppa"
> everytime I do a reboot or start linux to have the zip drive working.
or,
echo "modprobe ppa" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
> Sergio Korlowsky
>
