Rico Barth wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Matey Kaltchev wrote:
>
> > I hope I can be of any help. I have been able to put to work a SONY
> > StoreStation Ditto 2GB (Iomega Ditto 2GB) parport drive. I use kernel
> > 2.2.12. Parport is compiled as a module and ftape is disabled in the
> > kernel config. Also, I got the last version of ftape (Sept. 7, I guess)
> > and ftape-tools.
> >
> > 1. I use EPP (mode 4) for my parallel port at 0x378 with irq=7. It is set
> > from the BIOS.
> > 2. I have included the following lines in /etc/conf.modules:
> >
> > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> > options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
> > alias char-major-27 zftape
> > options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none
> ....
>
> I use Linux kernel 2.0.36 and there is no module parport_pc which i can
> use to support my parallel port. DOS support my IOMEGA ditto 800 und Linux
> works fine with my printer, but insmod bpck-fdc failed. bpck-fdc couldn't
> get any adress and the device is not configured if I try to write data to
> the ditto tape. insmod ftape and insmod zftape are ok. In conf.modules are
> the following lines included:
>
> alias char-major-27 zftape
> options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none
>
> I don't wanna update my kernel 2.0.36 to 2.2.x to use parport_pc. I'm
> looking for another solution of this problem.
Rico -
You don't need to use parport_pc EXCEPT under the 2.2.x kernels. The
support that you require for parallel port is IN the 2.0.xx kernels.
Please take the time to read the comments in the insert and remove
scripts in the modules directory of the latest ftape sources. The
comments explain it very well.
Tim
