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I'm having a spot of bother installing an Iomega Zip 250 parallel port
drive. I've been through all the HowTos etc...

My configuration is as follows :

Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i686

I believe that all the relevant SCSI support and the imm module are
loaded as they should be. When I try and mount the disk however I get
the following message :

mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device
(maybe `insmod driver'?)

When I try and format a disk I get the following :

Unable to open /dev/sda4

I would be very grateful for any tips or help with this.

Alex Schlup.

Quote:> I'm having a spot of bother installing an Iomega Zip 250 parallel port
> drive. I've been through all the HowTos etc...

> My configuration is as follows :

> Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
> Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i686

> I believe that all the relevant SCSI support and the imm module are
> loaded as they should be. When I try and mount the disk however I get
> the following message :

> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device
> (maybe `insmod driver'?)

> When I try and format a disk I get the following :

> Unable to open /dev/sda4

> I would be very grateful for any tips or help with this.

No solution, but similar problem.

I have SuSE 5.3, kernel 2.0.35, LPT1 has printer, ZIP on LPT2.
2 SCSI disks as /sda, /sdb; ZIP is /sdc.
ZIP 100 parallel works fine.
Yesterday i bought a ZIP 250 parallel.

insmod ppa gives the error message
"2.0.35/scsi/ppa0 init-module: Device or resource busy"
mount /dev/sdc4 clearly does not work.

Do I need a different/updated driver for ZIP 250?

Helmut

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I remeber reading somewhere to try other device numbers? eg sda1.
Sorry, can't remember where, I've read so many READMEs, HOW-TOs,
MINI-HOW-TOs, FAQs, and newsgroup posting in the last few months, trying
to master this linux (although it has been fun (and satisfying, more than
MS Windoze))

Brian
Sydney, Australia

Quote:> I have SuSE 5.3, kernel 2.0.35, LPT1 has printer, ZIP on LPT2.
> 2 SCSI disks as /sda, /sdb; ZIP is /sdc.
> ZIP 100 parallel works fine.
> Yesterday i bought a ZIP 250 parallel.

> insmod ppa gives the error message
> "2.0.35/scsi/ppa0 init-module: Device or resource busy"
> mount /dev/sdc4 clearly does not work.

> Do I need a different/updated driver for ZIP 250?

Try 'insmod imm'.

-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell                     [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System  --  The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available

In article

Thank you.
In the meanwhile I read the ZIP mini howto
(maybe I should have done that before),
and they also say that I have to use imm.
imm was not insatalled on my system,
but it was a work of only a few minutes
to download, compile and install imm.

Thats great - it is really hot plugable.
No reboot needed, and my ZIP 250 works fine.

Helmut

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Thanks for all the help. I was assuming that the problem lay with my
configuration of Linux (being a relative newcomer), however having read
your messages I decided it was either my drive or the PC. It turns out
that the parallel port on the (new) PC was disabled! It's always too
easy not to check for the obvious.

Hi Folks,

   Just a guess, but you do realize that a parallel ZIP drive is not SCSI,
don't you????

Joseph Crowe
http://www.io.com/~jcrowe