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Re: Zip drive

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From: toyswins
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 00:00
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Make a directory in your /mnt/ directory called /zip from root prompt -
- cd /mnt/ then mkdir /zip then go to your /etc/fstab file and add this
line

/dev/hdxx	/mnt/zip	vfat	user,noauto,re	0 0

hdxx being whatever your zip drive is, it can be hdd4

also to make sure it can be seen you need to add to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
the following command:

modprobe ppa

That should do it for the zip drive.  I'm curious to see if the printer
starts working.  I've got 2 parallel ports so my zip and printer are
separated, not pass through.  Hope this helps and good luck.

See ya'

B. B. Stanfield
KC5PIY

G wrote:
> 
> Newbie here.....be kind.   <heh>
> 
> I read, during installation of RedHat 6.1, that I must tell the install
> that I have SCSI drives to get the system to recognize the 100 Meg Zip
> drive (external, parallel).  I did that, but the install said it
> couldn't detect it.  Now that the install is done, is there anything I
> can do to get it to work?
> 
> Issue #2.   there's a printer that's daisy-chained off of the zip.  It's
> a HP DeskJet 710c.  That is also not working.  Any ideas on how to get
> that up and running too?
> 
> Thanx ahead of time
> Greg
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