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by **Tim Moor** » Sun, 02 May 1999 04:00:00

Make sure onboard PP is different IO port than add in card, ie- onboard set to 0x378
via BIOS, addin set to 0x278 via jumpers. The ppa driver will probe common port
addresses looking for the zip drive provided it is turned on
...
ppa: Version 1.42
ppa: Probing port 03bc
ppa: Probing port 0278
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
...
In this case my zip100 was turned off. CONFIG_SCSI_PPA and SCSI support must be in
kernel config.

> I am running Red Hat 5.2 and have a seperqate parallel port (pci) with a
> zip 250 connected to it. I've tried to ad ppa using 0x278 as base but I
> can't seem to ger Linux to recognize the drive. As I said, this zip 250
> is not connected to any printer and the ppa uses irq 9. Nothing seems to
> work.
> steverl

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by **Kyle Dansi** » Mon, 03 May 1999 04:00:00

> I am running Red Hat 5.2 and have a seperqate parallel port (pci) with a
> zip 250 connected to it. I've tried to ad ppa using 0x278 as base but I
> can't seem to ger Linux to recognize the drive. As I said, this zip 250
> is not connected to any printer and the ppa uses irq 9. Nothing seems to
> work.
> steverl

The problem here is that you are using the wrong driver. The Zip250
needs the IMM driver, not the ppa driver.

If you get the 2.2.x version of the kernel, the imm driver is included.

http://www.linuxhq.com/

Cheers,
Kyle Dansie
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