Re: Can't Zip Plus recognized

[Sergej Zoubok <sqz1909 is2 nyu edu>]

> Hello, I've been trying to get my external Iomega Zip plus drive
> recognize by redhat.  I first got the IMM driver, tried to make file.  It
> didn't work, gave me a bunch of errors and warnings.  Then I found out I
> already have imm.o in /lib/modules/2.2.12-20($(uname -r)/scsi so I
> followed the steps in the mini ZIP-Drive HOWTO, unloaded lp (it wasn't
> loaded I think), then loaded imm.o--insmod imm.  Then I got these
> messages:

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> Shawn Gu

Hi Shawn,

I'm a newbie to Linux myself and had the same problem. I deleted the 
imm driver installed in my system and replaced it with a newly 
compiled version. To mount the zip I now have to (as root) 
/sbin/insmod imm, followed by mount -t vfat /dev/sdb4  /mnt/zip

I'm not figuring out which config file to put this in so I don't have 
to do it manually.

Some things I picked up from the kind folks here and elswhere:
1. makes sure you have a disk in the drive before mounting
2. I use vfat since my disks are formatted for win95/98/NT.
3. Iomega drives usually use sdb4.
4. At least in my installation /sbin is not part of the path so you 
may need to include it in your call to insmod (as above).

I hope this helps.

Best,
Sergej


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