Installing ZIP Drive under SuSE 8.n
Has anyone reading this note installed a Zip drive in a computer on
which SuSE 8.n or similarly aged Linux was already installed? What
sort? Will YAST spot it and install it, or must I recompile the kernel
and install by hand?
Thanks
dj tuchler
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Dennis Tuchler
jvollmer@visi.com
Has anyone reading this note installed a Zip drive in a computer on which SuSE 8.n or similarly aged Linux was already installed? What sort? Will YAST spot it and install it, or must I recompile the kernel and install by hand?
Try inserting a disk, reboot then type: /sbin/fdisk -l Your Zip should show-up as hdd, hde, or something similar -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER@CONSOLIDATEDLINT.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE
Dennis Tuchler wrote:
Has anyone reading this note installed a Zip drive in a computer on which SuSE 8.n or similarly aged Linux was already installed? What sort? Will YAST spot it and install it, or must I recompile the kernel and install by hand?
I had one in 8.0 but haven't reinstalled it. If it's a parallel port Zip drive you may have to use (as root) # modprobe imm to be able to use it at all. If that works, the drive should be available on /dev/sda1. Try # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt to mount it. I think the process is easier if you have a USB zip drive. There are probably some instructions on http://www.tldp.org/ I created /media/zip as a directory and put the following line in /etc/fstab /dev/sda1 /media/zip auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 2 In the end I gave up using it because rsync over an isdn line is more reliable, and faster except for very large files. -- JDL Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.
On Sunday 18 May 2003 7:48 am, John Lamb wrote:
Dennis Tuchler wrote:
Has anyone reading this note installed a Zip drive in a computer on which SuSE 8.n or similarly aged Linux was already installed? What sort? Will YAST spot it and install it, or must I recompile the kernel and install by hand?
I have parallel and ide examples, and for the last couple of releases the default SuSE install has found and set them up without any intervention. HTH Fergus
I had one in 8.0 but haven't reinstalled it. If it's a parallel port Zip drive you may have to use (as root) # modprobe imm to be able to use it at all. If that works, the drive should be available on /dev/sda1. Try # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt to mount it.
I think the process is easier if you have a USB zip drive. There are probably some instructions on http://www.tldp.org/
I created /media/zip as a directory and put the following line in /etc/fstab /dev/sda1 /media/zip auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 2
In the end I gave up using it because rsync over an isdn line is more reliable, and faster except for very large files.
The 03.05.17 at 17:15, Dennis Tuchler wrote:
Has anyone reading this note installed a Zip drive in a computer on which SuSE 8.n or similarly aged Linux was already installed? What sort?
Yes, on suse 8.1, a parallel port, 250 Mb type.
Will YAST spot it and install it,
Not that I remember.
or must I recompile the kernel
No.
and install by hand?
Almost: "modprobe imm". I guess it could be automated, but I haven't bothered. There is a howto. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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