Gossamer wrote: > I've got a know-to-be-working parallel port Zip drive that's not > behaving with Debian (it used to work with my old RedHat setup). > > If I try to mount the partition I get the usual "not recognized as > a block device" and if I modprobe ppa manually I get this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~# modprobe ppa > ppa: Version 1.42 > ppa: Probing port 03bc > ppa: Probing port 0278 > scsi : 0 hosts. > /lib/modules/2.0.36/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy > > I have the SCSI and Iomega bits compiled as modules, as is the > parralel printer support. > > Interestingly, the printer -passthrough- works fine, with the printer > plugged into the "out" of the zip drive. Any ideas? > > bekj > > -- > : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ > : The new Linux anthem will be 'He's an idiot, but he's OK', as > : performed by Monthy Python. You'd better start practicing. > : -- Linus Torvalds (announcing another kernel patch) > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
This may have absolutely no bearing on the issue, but I remember a thread several months back about zip drives being on the 4th partition instead of the first like logic would indicate. Sorry I don't remember enough to know what I'm talking about, but maybe it's a clue.
