[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Lance,
>
> I have tried both 'insmod' and 'modprobe' for 'ppa' and 'parport'. No
> luck either way, even have done the 'lsmod' to check for the listing,
> NOTHING. After having some probs with one way of installing should I do
> the 'modprobe -r' to remove any installs that were from other attempts?
>
> don
> I thought I knew that I knew what I thought
> But now I know that what I thought I knew
> Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
>
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00:09 +0200 Lance Borden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, now for my NEWBY question, I did the 'insmod parport' and
> > 'insmod
> > > ppa' then 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/ZIP'. The message comes
> > back as
> > > "mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device
> > > (maybe 'insmod driver'?)"
> > >
> > > Where would I find a driver?
> > >
> >
> > You might first try 'modprobe ppa' instead of 'insmod...'
> > Seems like when I was setting up my zip drive, they said the command
> > had
> > changed. I'm running mdk6.1. Also, you can do 'lsmod' after modprobe
> > to get a
> > list of installed modules -- naturally, you should see them in the
> > list.
> > Finally, for my purposes, I only need 'modprobe ppa' and not parport
> > (however, I
> > do notice that doing 'modprobe ppa' will install the parport module
> > -- strange,
> > huh? Or maybe it's all bundled together now, I don't know!).
> > Lance
> >
>
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Don;
check your "/var/log/dmesg" file, this will tell you what linux thinks it
is. or just include it and just maybe someone can help. I have found this
list very very helpful.
Bruce :-)
