On 27-Nov-98 zentara wrote:

"W.D.McKinney" wrote:

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Due to the SCSI 25pin problem, I am trying to use an external ZIP+ drive with my parallel port. What's the best way to mount it ?

You have to load the module ppa, simply type insmod ppa (as root). Then just mount the drive by typing mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip/ To get rid of the module ppa (if you want to use your parallelport to somthing else (a printer for example) just type rmmod ppa (you must not have yuor zipdrive mounted when you remove this module). Good luck! /Nikodemus

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I have the mini-HOWTO and it speaks to the SCSI side mostly.

Am I just confused due the turkey consumption planned ?

I can't help you with the parallel port, but I had a similar problem with an external scsi scanner with the 25 pin connector.

I found 2 ways to solve it.

1. I lucked out at a computer show and found a HDP50 to 25 pin cable. My scsi card gives me a HDP50 connection on the back.

2. At Jameco Electronics, who sends out a catalog and has an 800 number, they sell an adaptor which sits in an open slot in back of your case. It presents a 25 pin scsi connector to the outside, and accepts a standard 50 pin header off of a ribbon cable inside. It is only 8 bucks. It worked, but I suspect it caused an occaisional timing error because of mixing different cables. It worked fine as long as nothing else was connected on the internal ribbon cable. But if I tried to use the other ribbon header for another internal scsi device, it would act flaky. Terminations became a problem. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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