Re: Zip detection in Kernel2.2.0 Problems
I've installed Slink and when I tried to set up the ppa parameters I'd
got an error an the zip was not installed. Now I must to install it from
the command line. Any help will be regreted. My system's got just one
parallel port at 0x378 irq7
Mike Merten escribió:
>
> On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 07:59:38PM +0000, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> > On 07. febrúar 1999, Mauro Mazzieri wrote:
> > > Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> > > > When loading the kernel I get
> > > >
> > > > ppa: Version2.03 (for Linux 2.2.0)
> > > > Warning - no ppa compatible devices found. My zipdrive is connected to
> > > > my parallel port with the
> > > > printer connected to the zipdrive. I have had the zip for around 3
> > > > years so I do not believe it is
> > > > one of the newer types (plus my cable does not say autodetect). Any
> > > > ideas on what I might can try
> > > > to get the kernel to read my parallel port zip drive?
> > >
> > > The ZIP-howto recommend to compile ppa as a module. Also, you have to
> > > select "Iomega ZIP for parallel port" as low-level scsi device.
> >
> > I think that the 2.2 kernel is supposed to be able to load both ppa and lp
> > simultaneously so you shouldnt have to have it as an loadable module.
> >
>
> I have a zipdrive working with kernel 2.2.1. I found it much easier
> to get it working when I compiled the parport, scsi and zip support
> directly into the kernel. I believe I also had to enable the parport
> autodetect feature, IIRC. I have the lp support as a module. At boot,
> the kernel correctly identifies the zip drive but gives an error (no
> disk), and also correctly identifies the HP printer attached to the
> drive. I'm using kernel boot params of 'parport=0x378,7
> parport=0x278,5 lp=aut0' specified in lilo.conf with the append=
> command.
>
> Mike
>
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