Had the same problem but 'modprobe ppa' worked...mounted zip from console with "
mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zipdos".... (Had to create
empty mount point directory zipdos in /mnt and had to have a dos formatted zip
disk in the drive Iomega uses partition 4 [sda4] as default in their
preformatted dos disks.)...Works fine. Then added entry to fstab.
Added kdelnk to zip drive on desktop and can access the zip with a click of the
mouse.
Hope this helps
Tom T
"G. Eric Morgan" wrote:
> 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.
> >
