Ok...correct me if i'm wrong, but it should either be working off the
parrallel port or some type of scsi card. The serial port is not what you
are looking at.
If it's working off of a scsi card, I'd imagine (tho I have no proof) that
you need to make sure SCSI devices are turned on through the kernel. If
it's running off the parrallel port, and it isn't automaticaly detected
(and i'm not sure why) i'd try one of two things. First, try making sure
that there is no other device using IRQ 7 (I'm forgetting how to do this,
there's a file you can cat out in the /proc or some such directory with a
list of all your IRQ's and what's using them currently). If there's
another device using IRQ7 i'd guess that's your problem (and if I remember
correctly, some of the inspiron Hardware likes to auto configure itself to
IRQ7 so that wouldn't surprise me). If IRQ7 is magicaly open on your
system, try enabling SCSI devices anyway. If I remember correctly, the
parrallel port ZIP drive thinks that the Parrallel port IS a scsi device,
so that might work...I doubt it. I"m putting most of my cookies in the
"IRQ7 already in use" problem, but I just wanted to post anything that
sounded like an idea. Alot of the time in those "howto"'s the authors
forget to put the most basic stuff in. Like for instance, when configuring
an SCSI device, i've seen a few of them mention to recompile the kernel
with SCSI support installed.
Anyway, let me know if any of this makes sense or works.
Doug Wagner
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From: Paul M.N Feehan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 10:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: loading ppa.o?
Dear Doug,
This may not be too much help, but I've exactly the same problem with
accessing my parallel port Zip drive using an inspiron 3000, with
slackware 3.6, kernel 2.0.35.
I got the same error message you quote when I initially ran insmod ppa. I
then recompiled the kernel following the instructions in the mini-Howto by
Kyle Dansie, "Zip drive mini-Howto" , August 26 1998, available from
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO
and no doubt elsewhere too. (Basically, enable scsi support and load ppa
as a module.) Despite following this and his other instructions closely,
I got the same error message.
Dansie says that if one still gets the error message after recompiling,
then you must have not have recompiled the kernel correctly. While I'll
try redoing it, I'm pretty certain I did it right the first time so I
think it must be something else. Anyhow, he has a lot of useful tips there
which may help you to get it working, though I haven't yet. If you do get
it to work, please post your solution to the inspiron list (as will I).
Paul Feehan
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Doug Lewan wrote:
> I'd like to get my ZIP drive attached to my
> inspiron 3200.
>
> However, when I try insmod ppa.o I get
> ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
>
> I'm running kernel 2.0.34 and lsmod reveals only
> Module Pages Used by
> serial_cs 1 0
> xirc2ps_cs 3 1
> ds 2 [serial_cs xirc2ps_cs] 4
> i82365 5 2
> pcmcia_core 8 [serial_cs xirc2ps_cs ds i82365] 5
> vfat 4 1
>
> I feel a little confused since none of those
> modules seem to have anything to do with the
> serial port or anything SCSI-like.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> --
> ,Doug
> Doug Lewan
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