Re: [newbie] zip drive problem
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 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 Jon wrote: Idris S Hamid wrote: I am having trouble getting the zip drive recognized in Mandrake 7.0. Here is what I get: # modprobe ppa /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdksecure/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busyparport: Device or resource busy modprobe imm gives the same message (though I have a 100M drive so modpobe ppa should be correct). I added the following line to /etc/fstab: /dev/hdd /mnt/zipdiskvfatuser,noauto,rw 0 0 Please advise, thanks a lot! Best wishes Idris Do you have an IDE zip or a parallel port drive? ppa stands for parallel port adapter Yet you have your fstab set for an IDE zip drive... Since I have the same problem trying to get Mandrake 7.0 to recognize my PARALLEL Zip drive, my question is: So what? Everything I've seen so have has been targeted toward those with IDE Zip drives. And yes, I have tried the suggestions anyway, yet I receive the same message as above. Trying /dev/sdx4, or whatever variant, doesn't work because M7.0 doesn't recognize the parallel port as a SCSI device, and /dev/hdx4 doesn't work because it's neither an IDE device, or hard drive. And to add to my original question (So what?) I ask: So what *is* the answer? Or is there one? Mani
Re: [newbie] zip drive problem
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 Jon wrote: Idris S Hamid wrote: I am having trouble getting the zip drive recognized in Mandrake 7.0. Here is what I get: # modprobe ppa /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdksecure/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busyparport: Device or resource busy modprobe imm gives the same message (though I have a 100M drive so modpobe ppa should be correct). I added the following line to /etc/fstab: /dev/hdd /mnt/zipdiskvfatuser,noauto,rw 0 0 Please advise, thanks a lot! Best wishes Idris Do you have an IDE zip or a parallel port drive? ppa stands for parallel port adapter Yet you have your fstab set for an IDE zip drive... Since I have the same problem trying to get Mandrake 7.0 to recognize my PARALLEL Zip drive, my question is: So what? Everything I've seen so have has been targeted toward those with IDE Zip drives. And yes, I have tried the suggestions anyway, yet I receive the same message as above. Trying /dev/sdx4, or whatever variant, doesn't work because M7.0 doesn't recognize the parallel port as a SCSI device, and /dev/hdx4 doesn't work because it's neither an IDE device, or hard drive. And to add to my original question (So what?) I ask: So what *is* the answer? Or is there one? Mani
[newbie] Performance differences
Oh, and while I'm at it. Truth be told, I've only read messages that seemed pertinent, and dumped all the rest. So another question: Why does Mandrake 7.0 (Linux in general?) seem to run slower than Windows95 when running the same application? That is, why does a video file run some much slower when using an application that has been compiled for Windows95 *and* Linux? Why does the "Flight of the Bumblebee" seem to be the "Flight of the Stumblebee" ? Mani 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
Re: [newbie] zip drive problem
Jon wrote: Idris S Hamid wrote: I am having trouble getting the zip drive recognized in Mandrake 7.0. Here is what I get: # modprobe ppa /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdksecure/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busyparport: Device or resource busy modprobe imm gives the same message (though I have a 100M drive so modpobe ppa should be correct). I added the following line to /etc/fstab: /dev/hdd /mnt/zipdiskvfatuser,noauto,rw 0 0 Please advise, thanks a lot! Best wishes Idris Do you have an IDE zip or a parallel port drive? ppa stands for parallel port adapter Yet you have your fstab set for an IDE zip drive... Since I have the same problem trying to get Mandrake 7.0 to recognize my PARALLEL Zip drive, my question is: So what? Everything I've seen so have has been targeted toward those with IDE Zip drives. And yes, I have tried the suggestions anyway, yet I receive the same message as above. Trying /dev/sdx4, or whatever variant, doesn't work because M7.0 doesn't recognize the parallel port as a SCSI device, and /dev/hdx4 doesn't work because it's neither an IDE device, or hard drive. And to add to my original question (So what?) I ask: So what *is* the answer? Or is there one? Mani
