RE: zip drive

[Ted Harding <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>]

On 12-Feb-98 Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> I'm running Linux 2.1.x and haven't been able to get my zip drive
> to work in ages (parallel port one). It should be as simple as installing
> parport, parport_pc, then ppa, shouldn't it? parport_pc always tells
> me device/resource busy on insertion; inserting ppa seems
> to just sit there ...
> 
> Any hints? I have zip only on the port; I don't want to use a printer
> as well.

Hi Hamish & All,
I found that "insmod ppa" didn't work, but "modprobe ppa" worked immediately.
(On was S.u.S.E., not debian, but maybe it comes to the same thing for this).

Best wishes,
Ted.

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E-Mail: Ted Harding <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
Date: 12-Feb-98                                       Time: 10:14:59
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