Trying to get your zip drive to work eh? Does your zip drive cable say " autodetect" if it does then you need to use the imm driver. Which kernel are you running 2.0.x or 2.2.x ? there is a different way to load the drivers. For the 2.0.x kernel heres what I did.... add this to /etc/conf.modules alias block-major-8 ppa (or imm if you need that driver instead) next add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local /sbin/insmod ppa (or imm if you need that driver instead) connect your zip drive , turn it on, load a zip disk , and reboot your system, you should see linux find the zip drive. now each time you boot the system it should load the ppa or imm drivers. if it works dmesg | less should show that linux see's a zip drive on your parallel port if you want to leave the /sbin/insmod ppa (imm) out of the /etc/rc.d/rc.local . You would then type insmod ppa (imm) at the command line each time you start linux and wish to use your zip drive. make sure you have a zip disk loaded before you insmod ppa ( or imm). This the best way if you want to share the parallel port with a printer. hope this helps.
