for the Zip drive do
insmod ppa
then
modprobe ppa
and u can mount it from /dev/sda4/ i think
----- Original Message -----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware
> On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > my big question is hardware. I posted a question this morning about my
second
> > floppy, but it doesn't appear to have made it through. Anyway, how do I get
my
> > second floppy drive, my paraport zip+ 100 or my scanner to work in Mandrake
6
> > (or any Linux, for that matter). I'm willing to get the answers one at a
time
> > if it will be easier on y'all. BTW, I _have_ tried to find this info in the
> > manuals and on the net.
> >
> Floppy SHOULD be easy enough. Just copy your /dev/fd0 line in
> /etc/fstab to another line and change it to /dev/fd1.
>
> Paralell Port Zip+ will take some more work. Basically there's a
> module for it (sorry, don't know the name) that you have to install
> and put into fstab as well.
>
> I don't know if paralell port scanners are supported yet. I've heard
> of a util/driver called SANE, but I don't know much about it.
> John
