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).
You should be able to "insmod ppa" (as root), and the zip drive will be
then accessible from /dev/sda4. You can then mount it like any other
drive. Also, if you have a printer connected together with the ZIP drive
through the parallel port, you can't use it and the zip drive at the same
time. You must rmmod the driver for one (lp is the printer module) if you
want to use the other.
I would highly recommend you upgrade your kernel to 2.2.x though, since
there is a _much_ better (ie faster) zip drive driver. AFAIK, in the
2.0.x kernels, the zip parallel port driver assumes a standard generic
parallel port, whereas many people now have EPP/ECP ports which are much
faster. The newer kernel modules take advantage of that. Also, you can
print and use the zip drive at the same time.
> 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
>
> rpm -ivh packagename
>
> which will install the package on a directory of its own. for example, i
> have word perfect for linux and when i installed it, it went directly into
> /opt but i wanted it on /usr ... if this cannot be done, how can i find
> out in which directory was the package installed? i had to list my whole
> filesystem to find the location of word perfect, since the locate database
> had not been yet updated. any clues?
I'm pretty sure there is a way to change the default directory for an rpm
install, but I'm not sure how. You may be able to find it in the RPM HOWTO
or manfiles. But I do know you can use rpm -qpl <rpmfilename> to list all
the files that are going to be installed before you install the package,
or rpm -ql <packagename> after you install.
HTH,
MZhang
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