Mani Abreu wrote:
> Nope. Just tried that, here's the result:
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device
> (maybe 'insmod driver'?)
>
> I read that the problem may be that the kernel is loading the drivers for
> the line printer first, before parport/ppa driver. How do I change the
> order around?
>
> Mani
>
> forstfed wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > Well, try just doing the mount now. See if that does anything.
> >
> > > Well, I tried that. Here's what I got after typing "insmod ppa":
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdk/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource
> > busy
> > >
> > > Any ideas? I really want to get this thing resolved.....
> > >
> > > Mani
> > >
> > >
> > > forstfed wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This is what worked for me:
> > > >
> > > > As su in a terminal window:
> > > >
> > > > mkdir /mnt/zip
> > > >
> > > > insmod parport
> > > >
> > > > insmod ppa
> > > >
> > > > mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
> > > >
> > > > make sure there is a disk in. You have to umount -t msdos /dev/sda4
> > /mnt/zip
> > > > to eject the disk, then mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip again when you
> > > > insert another disk.
> > > >
> > > > Ed
Geez, You guys made me dig my old zip drive out of the closet to test this problem
and you know, it didn't work either. Tried it on a RedHat 6.1 and a Mandrake
7.0-2 machine. Hardware works as I made a DOS boot disk with guest.exe on it.
Worked fine with Redhat 5.2 and Slackware 3.6 some time ago with the commands
listed above. I also looked at modules loaded and tried it without any modules
and in init 1 hand loading modules. Since the kernel for Mandrake 7.0 came from
Redhat 6.1 (Recompiled) I wonder if perhaps lp (or another parallel port using
service) support was built into the kernel instead of as a mod.
Question! Does anyone out there have a parallel port ZIP working on Mandrake
7.0-2 or RedHat 6.1? If so, can you please tell us how you did it? Give out with
the port setting in the BIOS, Kernel you used and anything else you think might
help. I am going to try recompiling a kernel to see if I can get it working.
