>
> Absolutely nothing! All the support you need is included with the 2.2
> kernel. Redhat 6.0 comes with the ppa module, use 'insmod ppa' to load the
> module and then mount the zip disk as you would a floppy. On my system the
> command is as following 'mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' however replace 'sda4'
> with whatever you zip disk is assigned to.
>
> Hope this helps however i'm still a newbie. If any veterans want to
> go into more depth, I would also be grateful.
>
> Daniel Haworth
> CTX Europe LTD
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 24 November 1999 14:32
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Subject: Zip drives under Redhat 6.0/6.1
> >
> > I'm thinking about getting a external 100 meg zip drive that plugs into
> > the PC parallel port. What do you need to do to get it up and running
> > under
> > Redhat 6.0/6.1?
> >
> > Are there any rpm's that need to be installed ect?
> >
Due to a bug in the tool who builts the /etc/conf.modules, "modprobe
ppa' does not work in RH 6.1. You must insert this line in it
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
Then it will work and in addition you can let the kernel itself handle
the loading of modules through kerneld.
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Jean Francois Martinez
Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org
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