I did this a while ago, but cant remember the details.
You login or su as root and you have to enter two insmod commands. 'insmod
parport' and 'insmod something'. Then you mount the zip drive. It will be a
scsi device so try /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdc1 and so on.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liaw, Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:01 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie]
> You need to load the parport and a couple of other kernel modules. From a
> command line (such as a konsole window), type
>
> modprobe parport
> modprobe paride
>
> There is one more you need to load, but don't remember which (I have an
> parallel port Orb drive, not a ZIP drive). Go to any search engine and
> search for "linux paride". There is a web page with instructions for all
> kinds of parallel port drives.
>
> Andy
> > ----------
> > From: Chen Stev[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 5:48 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie]
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > i have a parallel port ZIP drive and i want to use it under linux
mandrake
> > 7.1 . how ?
> >
> > your sincerly,
> > Stev
> >
> >
>
