I too have the exact same problem with BOTH Redhat 6.1 and Mandrake 7.0.
sda4 is not a valid block device. Here is my dmesg file where the
parport_pc and ppa is loaded at the end. btw the other SCSI I have is the
emulation for the CDburner which I have not yet wrestled with...
Linux version 2.2.14-15mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Tue Jan 4 22:24:20
snip....
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2,EPP]
ppa: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.2.x)
ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit
ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using EPP 32 bit
scsi1 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface
scsi : 2 hosts.
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: D.09
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda:SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] zip drive problem
> 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.
>
