Re: (Parallel) Iomega Zip and a Printer
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Richard Kaszeta wrote:
> >1)
> >Did you install the latest kernel with slink?
> >Any problems with it?
>
> Not really. There's a list of packages you should update to use 2.2
> with slink, but nothing major.
Yes, I think that they are listed in the installation manual. I might try
doing that 2.2x kernel installation next...
> >2)
> >Does the Zip drive work then that way that the printer is attached to
the zip-drive?
> >
> >3)
> >What about then if I take the zip-drive off sometimes and attach printer
> >directly to the parallel port?
> >
> >(In my case the zip drive isn't there
> >always. I'm using it in two machines.)
>
> Yes to both. The catch is that you need to load the 'imm' module when
> you add the drive, and remove the 'imm' module when you remove the
> drive.
It sounds quite good.
Then:
how do you give the exact commands how to 'load' and 'remove' the module?
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