On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, you wrote:
I am using the parrallel Zip Drive under Mandrake 7. Works just like it's
supposed to, by doing:
mkdir /mnt/zip
insmod parport
insmod ppa
mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
And to eject/insert another disk:
umount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
Ed
> Bruce Hilliker wrote:
> >
> > Jon wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > I don't really know if this will help; but check out the attached "text" file. I
> > come from
> > the Linux Gazette.
> >
> > Bruce :-)
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO
> > Kyle Dansie, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > v2.4, 10 January 1999
> >
> > This Document provides a quick reference quide on setting up and using
> > the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux.
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Table of Contents
> >
> > 1. Introduction
>
> -------SNIP---------------SNIP------Cut for
> brevity-----------------------SNIP
>
> Thanks Bruce, Pretty sure that the same version of the howto that I
> own...
>
> My point here was to see if anyone has a working parallel port zip under
> either ManDrake 7.0-2 or RedHat 6.1 as I have both running and neither
> can use the drive, yet my Slackware can. I see MANY post in this group
> asking how to do it yet none saying that they DID it. I have owned the
> drive for some time and used it in many different distros of linux.
> Since RedHat and Mandrake hope to be the next Windoze style OS (Nobody
> choke on that, you know it's true) this particular thing should work
> with a minimum of hassle. PPA ZIP drives have been working in linux for
> a long time.
>
> And since I am on the soapbox:
>
> linuxconf
>
> is a great program but, it takes it's lesson from M$ and hides
> everything it does behind the scenes. How will the average joe learn to
> do admin stuff if he never see's where and what changes were made?
> Linuxconf NEEDS a "show me everthing" mode. Are you listening RedHat?
