Re: [Fwd: how install a zip drive]

[Eric Larson <rlarson monmouth com>]

One thing that does not always work well under Linux is sharing the
parallel port between a printer and a Zip drive. Perhaps
you have the port already tied up?

have you tried cat /proc/modules and cat /proc/devices
to see what is installed?

On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 04:21:23PM -0500, Karl-Heinz Schulz wrote:
> I get now the following error
> 
> [root charlie charlie]# /sbin/modprobe ppa.o
> /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> parport: Device or resource busy
> [root charlie charlie]#