[wplug] setting up Iomega on RedHat 8.0

Vanco, Donald VANCOD at PIOS.com
Tue May 20 11:10:56 EDT 2003


Mike Griffin wrote:
> the easiest way is to add what you need to /etc/rc.local
> 
> rc.local loads AFTER all the other init scripts.

I don't agree with that at all.  I would think an entry in /etc/modules.conf
far more appropriate.  man modprobe.

Don


> On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 10:40  AM, Jay wrote:
> 
>> I was using the wrong module.  It is a zip plus drive so I used imm.o
>> module  and everything worked fine.  I have one more problem I can't
>> figure out how to get the module "imm.o" to load on bootup.  I have
>> done this before in RedHat only I can not remember how to do it. I've
>> read several module HowTo and they do not tell how to do it.  Thanks
>> for the help. 
>> 
>> Jay
>> 
>> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 11:45:12AM -0400, Procario, Michael wrote:
>>> You do not have the scsi modules loaded. The Zip drive even used
>>> over the parallel port uses scsi commands. Try
>>> 
>>> modprobe ppa
>>> 
>>> Modprobe will try to resolve dependencies in modules and load all
>>> of the ones you need.
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jay [mailto:wplug at caldron.com]
>>>> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:16 AM
>>>> To: wplug at wplug.org
>>>> Subject: [wplug] setting up Iomega on RedHat 8.0
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I am trying to set up an Iomega Zip drive on a system running
>>>> RedHat 8.0.  When I issue the command: #  /sbin/insmod ppa I
>>>> receive the following Using
>>>> /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o
>>>> /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved
>>>> symbol scsi_register_R0ac6db10
>>>> /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved
>>>> symbol scsi_unregister_module_R81d85a75
>>>> /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved
>>>> symbol scsi_register_module_Rfa20b7b0 
>>>> 
>>>> I have read the Zip Drive HowTo and scanned Google without
>>>> finding anything help in English.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance for suggestions
>>>> Jay
>>>> 
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