mount zip drive doesn't work in new DSL

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: mount zip drive doesn't work in new DSL
started by: flatcat

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Posted by flatcat on Feb. 12 2006,15:25

In DSL 1.1, I used to be able to mount my parallel port but it doesn't work in DSL 2.x.

modprobe ppa responds with:
insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: No such device or driver
insmod: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o failed
insmod: insmod ppa failed

so I can no longer use something like :
mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zipdrive

It looks like support for this has been dropped which is a shame.
I am guessing I probably need to recompile the kernel module myself. If so could someone give me some pointers?

Thanks,

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Posted by roberts on Feb. 12 2006,16:22

Read the change log for 2.2

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Posted by flatcat on Feb. 13 2006,11:43

Thanks for the reply.

I have been working with 2.1. I didn't realise 2.2b was out already. Things change fast around here.

In particular the change log you mention:
Change log for 2.2
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6. For maximum hardware support on older computers, kernel and modules were changed back to 2.4.26 including legacy scsi and zipdrive support
..

I was just about to delve into additional_modules etc but this saves me the effort so thanks for the re-think DSL team.

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