[wplug] setting up Iomega on RedHat 8.0

[Vanco, Donald]

> -----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. 

	It looks to me like a couple things have to be in place in
modules.conf:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc  (to load the parport_pc.o driver for the
parallel port)
alias block-major-8 imm (to provide the Iomega driver)

	...on my system inserting the module scans the parallel port for a
device, hence the parallel port driver.
	It would also appear that this module will fail to load if the
Iomega drive in question is not (at least) attached and (possibly) powered
on.
	Hopefully, it's clear that the parallel port needs to be enables in
the BIOS (as it happens, mine is not...)

For issues in why it might be failing, open another terminal / console and
type:
tail -f /var/log/messages
...to follow the kernel / system loggers as it tries to load the module
(hint: this is fairly standard debugging practice)

Don
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