Oct 15 01:06:11 fedora64 kernel: scsi7 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface Oct 15 01:06:11 fedora64 kernel: ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using EPP 32 bit Oct 15 01:06:11 fedora64 kernel: ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit The 2.0.36 gives you a clue how long its been since I've used my zip drives! 8-)Ĭode: Oct 15 01:06:11 fedora64 kernel: ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x) sbin/modprobe /lib/modules/2.0.36/scsi/ppa.o 0x278,0Įcho "To format: mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sda4 98288"Įcho "To mount: mount -t ext2 /dev/sda4 /mnt/zipdrv I put a bash script in my home account (I was the only one to use the zip) which had the folowing lines: The value 98288 was reported by the fsck program. After modprobe is run then either the mount command is executed to mount the disk in the drive, or that disk is replaced with an unformatted disk and the following command is run:
Then you had to be sure a disk was in the drive before doing a modprobe, which will allow modprobe to get the correct size from the hardware. Mine was a parallel one and I had to add the following line to nf:Īppend="ppa=0X278,0" prior to any device stanza, and then run /bin/sbin/lilo as root to update the boot loader. Being a new emachine I'm assuming your parallel port is a bi-directional one isn't it? Is your Zip-100 for a parallel port or is it an ATAPI version? Sorry you didn't get your Zip-100 to work, Mister-Ed. Thanks in advance for any help you can share with me. Please post your replies to this forum so that others may benefit too. There is media in the drive.Īny ideas of where to look or what to do? Immediately I get the message "mount: No Media Found". * Tried to mount the zip drive: " mount /mnt/zip " * Added the following line to /etc/fstab: " /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync 0 0 " * Created my mount point: " mkdir /mnt/zip " * Added the following line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: " /sbin/modprobe ppa " All of the following was done as the root user. The rest came from old RedHat postings and from The Linux Doc Project. Most of the instructions I followed came from this forum. * I did not attempt any system configuration except what was done during installation process.
* Installed a fresh Fedora Core 2 from CD's, no updates to an existing installation. The mount command complains "No Media Found" although I know it is there and the drive is properly connected to the system. I'm having a problem getting a parallel port Zip 100 drive to mount. Being a newcomer to Fedora Core, I currently seek good sources of technical information and assistance.