On Wednesday 21 March 2001 12:41, you wrote:
> My machine at work is still running 7.1 because 7.2's diskdrake failed
> to recognize my hard drive. Mandrake's support did eventually help me
> but I haven't had a chance to take the system down for an upgrade.
>
> Anyway, I just bought a usb zip drive, and restarted the usb
> interface. The kernel is 2.2.15-4mdk.
>
> Can I get this drive to work on this system?
> Do I need a kernel upgrade?
> How do I mount a usb zip drive?
>
> This is the first usb device I've used. The zip mini howto's that I've
> seen, just say this device won't work with linux. I refuse to believe
> that :-)
>
> Steve
I have LM 7.2, but you may want to try this:
ls -R /lib/modules | grep usbcore
ls -R /lib/modules | grep usb-ohci (or usb-uhci, depends on your controller)
ls -R /lib/modules | grep usb-storage
To see if you have the modules.
If you do, then you can do an insmod for each of the modules at the end of
your /etc/rc.local (this way seemed easiest to me, I'm sure there are other
ways).
Now edit the /etc/fstab , adding somethng like this:
/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip auto user,noauto,nosuid,nodev 0 0
After a reboot you --should-- be able to plug the drive in and mount it.
Again, I am using 7.2, hope it will work for your version as well.
