mike,
thanxs for the info... I'll try it out when i get home!!!
mike montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/25/99 10:48:15 AM
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Subject: [expert] re IOMEGA Zip Drive
I have my zip drive working very well under linux.
You are trying to get your zip drive to work under the 2.2.x kernel?
If so here's what you do;
You need to make an entry in fstab so linux knows where to mount the drive.
mine reads
/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,rw,user,exe 0
0
next create the /mnt/zip directory.
open a terminal window and type
mkdir /mnt/zip
next add this to /etc/conf.modules
alias block-major-8 imm(or ppa)
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x387,0x278 irq=7,auto
okay some info that I have put together.
Iomega changed their chip sets a while back. If you have a new zip drive
with a cable thet says "autodetect" then you have to use the zip plus
driver , imm . If you have the old zip drive then you should use the ppa
driver.
for more info about parallel port support read this file on your linux box.
/usr/src/linux-2.2.5-ac3-mdk/Documentation/parport.txt (change
2.2.5-ac3-mdk to match your kernel)
To test your drive plug it in (power and the parallel port) load a zip disk
and in a terminal window type insmod parport ,
then insmod imm(or ppa) .
If it works then add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
/sbin/insmod parport
/sbin/insmod imm(or ppa)
this is so the parport and zip drive modules load each time you boot.
You can creat an icon on the desktop to mount your zip drive as well.(saves
alot of typing)
You right click on the desktop and choose new file system device.(i'm
using KDE)
Then enter ZIP.kdelnk in the window .
KDE will creat an icon on the desktop. Right click on the icon and choose
properties. Enter all the data in the windows, ie where to mount the drive
,what file system to use etc. You can choose a nice icon too. Now when you
are all done you can mount the drive by clicking on the icon.
note:
edit fstab with care ! you can really mess up linux by changing the wrong
thing.
( I use the vfat file system for my zip disks so that windows can read them
as well as linux)
