----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Tracy Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 6:14 AM
Subject: [expert] usb zip drive
> Hello experts!
> I'm kicking myself here; I had, at one point, a working usb zip drive.
> Don't know what I did, in fact I believe that Mandrake found and
> installed it without my intervention. I've deleted and reinstalled my
> system a few times and never been able to get my zip working under Linux
> again. Could someone please point me in the right direction? I'm using
> Mandrake 7.1, I did an expert install and went with reiserfs. I said
> 'no' to the 'any scsi interfaces' during install - is this my problem?
> I've even recompiled my kernel using the latest 2.4.xx from Mandrake,
> but still have never just had my zip auto-detected like it was the first
> time around.
>
Let's ask the most obvious question first.
During boot is your USB controller being loaded and also is it listed in
your device menu?
Charles
