Problem with Zip 100 in Puppy 109

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ChazZTheSpazZ · #1 Post by **ChazZTheSpazZ** » Sun 25 Jun 2006, 04:09

Here's the guide to making a zip drive work in linux (taken from Iomega's site):

[quote]Connect your Iomega

Sage · #2 Post by **Sage** » Sun 25 Jun 2006, 04:42

Using the parallel port in Linux for purposes not originally intended has become a subject in its own right. There are websites devoted to the subject. Depending on your level of SW capability, best advice is to give up and get an IDE Zip drive. I'm waiting on scsi activation to get my scsi Zip functioning. However, my 'success' with Puppy booted from an LS120 suggests that these high capacity drives are a waste of time due to their appalling access times.

ChazZTheSpazZ · #3 Post by **ChazZTheSpazZ** » Sun 25 Jun 2006, 15:00

Depending on your level of SW capability, best advice is to give up and get an IDE Zip drive.

I don't give up that easy. I just found a bunch of old zip disks and I wanna put them to use. They're pretty much my only means of moving any sort of data from my computer to my mom's and vise versa since I haven't bought the stuff for my network yet.

ChazZTheSpazZ · #4 Post by **ChazZTheSpazZ** » Mon 26 Jun 2006, 04:09

Is there a way I can just download and install the ppa module? (My apologies for the double posting.)

Sage · #5 Post by **Sage** » Mon 26 Jun 2006, 06:07

I know what you mean about not giving up. Try the Linux parallel port websites. I spent several weeks struggling and failed. But, then, I am not a SW expert, so you might succeed. No shortage of advice. Sorry, too long ago to find the URLs.

ChazZTheSpazZ · #6 Post by **ChazZTheSpazZ** » Mon 26 Jun 2006, 14:30

Ok and thanks. If I find anything, I'll post it here so everyone can use it.

#7 Post by MU » Sat 01 Jul 2006, 03:02

http://www.puppyos.com/test/all-modules ... 6.7.tar.gz

Extract somewhere

run Puppysearch, select the folder where you extracted, filename:ppa , all other fields empty.
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=5621

result:
all-modules/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.ko

Copy it to
/lib/modules/2.6.16.7/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.ko
Do not copy the symlink shown by the search in Rox, you must first right-click it -> show target to get the real file

Then run
depmod
modprobe ppa

Mark

#8 Post by MU » Sat 01 Jul 2006, 03:07

oh sorry, you have Puppy 1

http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... ete.tar.gz

Then try to find the module as described above

Mark

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