On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Tom Taylor wrote:
> At 11:06 AM 6/24/99 -0300, you wrote:
> >I've just compiled (twice...) a kernel version 2.2.9 both with SCSI
> >support and SCSI-support and SCSI disk support (once within the kernel
> >as it's said under Documentation/README.ppa and one as all modules).
> >With none of them I could mount my Iomega parallel port.
> >Tried loading and unloading "lp" module (to avoid conflicts I found in
> >prior kernel versions).
> >I also tried depmod -a, modprobe ppa, rmmod"ing" all possible
> >modules... and reloading what I could imagine...
> >
> >It could usually be mounted (on previous kernels) with:
> > # mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/omega
> >but now I get the following error message:
> >
> > ---------- 0 ------------
> >[root@dr .../2.2.9/scsi ]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/omega
> >
> >SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 524289
> > [256 MB] [0.3 GB]
> >sda: Write Protect is off
> > sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> > unable to read partition table
> >mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block devic8e
> > ---------- 0 ----------------
> >Even being loaded pppa.o .
> >TIA...
> >
> >---
> >Jose Albores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> Hi Jose:
> To me, "sda4" doesn't seem right. Have you tried "sda1" or
just "sda"?
> I've never worked with any parallel port devices other than a printer
so am
> not sure about this. Hopefully someone else can provide a better
answer.
> I'd like to hear an answer to - if sda4 is correct, what are
sda1..3? Is
> this something peculiar to parallel port devices?
>
> Richard, Lawson, how about it?
Here is where sda4 comes from, I think:
ZIP-drive mini-HOWTO
Grant Guenther, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
v1.0, 15 April 1996
If you are using a fresh disk, direct from Iomega, the partition check
should show one partition, /dev/sda4. If you have other SCSI devices
you will understand that the ZIP drive could appear on some other
device name like /dev/sdb - so check these messages.
I have zip ZIP's to kick around (zip is Yank slang for no or none) so I
will quote Michael Trausch from a similar thread in case you missed it
and it might help:
>I had problems with the stock kernel as well (although this wasn't the
problem that I had). Try insmod parport before insmod ppa.
>
> Tom
> --
> Tom Taylor Sr. Development Technician
> Telemedic Systems, Inc. 253.529.0526
> Member: PSLUG http://sealinux.itsite.com
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Lawson
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