Zip Drives

[Don Harrop]

I've got a Redhat 6.1 install and it doesn't seem to have the paraport.o or
paraport_pc.o modules.  I've got the CD but I can't find them on the CD
either.  Are they in one of the RPM's or in a .gz file somewhere?

Don

> Yes you need parport support enabled.  If you want to use the modules,
then you
> need to add the following:
>
> parport.o
> parport_pc.o (for i386's)
>
> The ppa (or imm.o if you have a newer zip drive) has to be loaded before
lp.o
> (if you are using a printer also) or the zip drive may not be found.
>
> I added a second parallel port to my system.  I then compiled the parport
and
> parport._pc into the kernel.  lp.o and imm.o are modules.  During boot, I
just
> load imm.o and then lp.o in that order and everything works fine.
>
>
> Jason Brown