[wplug] setting up Iomega on RedHat 8.0

[Mike Griffin]

Adding to /etc/modules.conf
Appropriate? Yes.  Easier? Not if you don't know what you're doing.

Let me stress the easy part... I never said "best practice",   as long 
as it works for him without a problem, what's the deal with the flame?


Mike

On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 11:10  AM, Vanco, Donald wrote:

> 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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