On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Benjamin Vera-Tudela wrote:
> Hi all ... I just bought a Parallel port zip drive and I was wondering how
> do I make it work on Linux (RH 5.2, 2.0.36 kernel).
ooh, easy one,
cd /usr/src/linux && make xconfig
select 'm' for
'SCSI low-level drivers' -> 'IOMEGA Parallel Port ZIP drive SCSI support'
[exit and save your config]
make modules modules_install
modprobe -a ppa
[you will see the device being detected, remember it's name (such as
/dev/sdc)]
put a disk in the zip and run 'fdisk -l' look for the part with the device
name remembers from the last step. This will give you the standard
partition that your zip uses (I think it's /dev/sdc4 for my vfat formatted
zip disks).
add a line to /etc/auto.misc if you're using 'autofs':
zip -fstype=vfat :/dev/sdc4
and then cd to /misc/zip (viola!)
If you're not running autofs, add a line to your /etc/fstab:
/dev/scd4 /mnt/zip vfat,user,noauto 0 0
then issue the command 'mount /mnt/zip'. If it doesn't complain, just cd
/mnt/zip and away you go.
'umount /mnt/zip' to allow you to eject the disk, under autofs you need to
wait 60 seconds without touching the /misc/zip filesystem and it will
automatically unmount it. I usually press the button on mine, upon
unmounting, the device will service the button press so it ejects.
> also, if I have an rpm package and I would like to install the package on
> a particular directory, what are the options for the rpm command? i
> usually run
first, you could have done 'rpm -ql <package>' to find out where it went.
Try uninstalling it 'rpm --erase <package>' and reinstalling it with
'rpm -Uvh --relocate /opt=/usr <package>' (or perhaps --relocate
/opt/wp8=/usr/local)
If that complains you're going to have to do a _lot_ more work to
relocate it.
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