Steve Philp wrote:
> Manny Styles wrote:
> >
> > I have an Iomega Zip 100 parallel port zip drive connected to my system.
> > When I used Mandrake 5.3, it was detected during installation, and was ready
> > to be mounted when I first started the system. with 6.0, it was not
> > detected, and would not mount until I used "modprobe ppa". Unfortunately,
> > this does not completely fix the problem. I have to use modprobe everytime
> > I start my linux system in order to mount my zip drive. Is there a way I
> > can get around this, and/or have the ppa module load at boot?
>
> Sure, create a file /etc/rc.d/rc.modules that contains:
>
> #! /bin/sh
>
> modprobe ppa
>
> Then set it to be executable:
>
> chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
>
> And it'll be run auto-magically whenever you boot.
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve,
What is the line #! /bin/sh for? I thought the "#" char. signified a
comment to follow?
Joe
