Re: howto detect a parallel iomega 100 mb device

[Michael Biebl <biebl@teco.edu>]

Joris Huizer wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I've got the following question: In order to move
> large files (like programs) to the laptop of my
> brother Sebastian, I need it to be able to mount
> iomega zip disks. (The laptop can't be connected to
> the internet: it doesn't have an ethernet card, and
> Sebastian needs his money for other stuff)
>
> The device is a parallel iomega 100 mb device which is
> attached to the printer port.
> I did a little search and found the following
> document:
> http://www.iomega.com/europe/support/english/documents/10661e.html
>
> I tried the following without success:
>
>   modprobe imm
>   modprobe ppa
>   modprobe vfat
>
>   mount /mnt/zip100.0
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a
> block device (maybe `insmod driver'?)
>
> The warning of mount suggesting insmod isn't really
> helping me :
>
>   insmod imm
> insmod: imm: no module by that name found
>
> In modconf, under block devices, is the only thing
> that shows up "nbd", for "Network block device
> support"
>
> The laptop has a 2.2.20 kernel.
> Can anybody help please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joris

Hi Joris,

sounds like your kernel wasn't built with support for imm or ppa.
You can find a nice howto here:
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
You will have to read chapter 3 carefully and probably build a new kernel.

Hope this helps,
Michael

BTW: http://www.tldp.org/ is a great ressource for documentation all 
around linux.



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