Iomega Zip installation (post-RTFM)

[Andrew Eichmann <gibby enteract com>]

Hello,

I upgraded from RH 5.something to 6.1 and I am now unable to load the 
module for my 100MB parallel-port Zip drive, where ``insmod ppa'' had 
worked before.  After searching this list's archives I did some more 
troubleshooting, and it seems that ``modprobe ppa'' complains about 
the device being busy when there are no other modules loaded.  I have 
no printer -- no other external perpherals at all, in fact.  Could this be 
some kind of hardware snafu?  

The output of the relevant checks performed immediately after reboot
<cough> follows.

Thanks,

Andrew Eichmann

[root werich gibby]# cat /proc/modules 
[root werich gibby]# /sbin/modprobe ppa
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
parport: Device or resource busy
[root werich gibby]# cat /proc/modules 
parport_probe           2980   0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport                 7124   0 [parport_probe]
[root werich gibby]# cat /proc/devices 
Character devices:
  1 mem
  2 pty
  3 ttyp
  4 ttyS
  5 cua
  7 vcs
 10 misc
 29 fb
 36 netlink
128 ptm
136 pts
162 raw

Block devices:
  1 ramdisk
  2 fd
  3 ide0
  9 md
 22 ide1
[root werich gibby]#