> I went to the Zip Drive HOWTO and tried following the directions to
> configure the kernel
> and typed:
>
> make xconfig
>
> only to be told:
>
> bash: make: command not found
Unless you've already been mucking around with the kernel, you probably
won't have to re-compile the kernel, as the kernel in RedHat 6.0 already
comes with the module for the parallel port version for zip drives.
Do you already have a zip drive with stuff on it? Good. We'll use it.
Plug it in.
be[come] root.
[root@slacker root]# mkdir /mnt/zip
[root@slacker root]# mount /dev/sda4 -t vfat /mnt/zip
The /mnt/zip directory should now have stuff in it, the contents of your
zip drive.
Tell me if that works.
If it doesn't, type 'lsmod' and see which modules are running. If you
don't see 'parport' and 'ppa',
type 'insmod parport; insmod ppa' and repeat the mount command, and tell
me if that works.
This is all explained in the mini-howto for ZIP drives (in the later
sections), but IMHO, the mini-howto for zips dwells way too much on
recompiling the kernel, since most modern linux distros already have the
module installed.
And to answer your original question 'make command not found' you need to
install a bunch of development rpms, like 'make' and 'ecgs' and stuff. I
can give you the whole list of packages, if you're interested (I have to
be at home to do this).
One hint about zip disks. If you ever find a need to password protect a
zip disk, *don't forget the password*. I haven't found a way to format
the disk after a password has been forgotten.
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