Dear friends:

Thanks to "Gh" I have solved the improper bootup due to my new USB Zip 
drive.

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To get your USB Zip working use at your own risk:

As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/usb file
Set storage and usb variables to yes.
Reboot. You should see at the boot screen:
USB interface
USB storage
USB file-system

As root, in console md mnt/zip
Add to fstab
/mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/sda4 0 0
Reboot. Your should be able to use your USB zip now

If the USB interface is not activating at boot time:
As root add to /etc/modules
usb-interface

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In addition, I have added the following items at the end of /etc/rc.local:

insmod usbcore
insmod usb-uhci
insmod usb-storage
[sher@sher sher]$


And, of course, I add the following entry to /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab:


/mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=ext2,dev=/dev/sda 0 0

(Ploease note that for device I indicated "sda" rather than "sda4" 
because in my case "sda4" causes an Input/Output error.


One last thing:

Gh is looking for someone to send him, for a reasonable annual fee, LM 
updates. I personally do not have a CD-writable machine so I can't do 
it. However, I am taking the liberty of asking other list members to 
consider helpling him.



Keep me posted

I like to keep my mandrake box updated but I lack the bandwidth any
suggestions? I am willing to pay a reasonable annual fee for a monthly 
CD delivery with all the update files for LM7.2.

Gh's email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thank you all so much.

Benjamin

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Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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