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Re: ZIP

Craig Andrews wrote:
> 
> how is support for parallel Zip drives using SuSE 6.2 (soon to be 6.4)?
> The problem is, I only have one parallel port, no room for a second, and a
> scanner and printer hanging out the back of the box.
> 
> The scanner is redundant in Linux (nasty word: proprietary), but the
> printer works fine.
> 
> Any idea if a parallel Zip would work?
> 
> Craig
> 

 This is a distro independant issue....the drivers are part of the
kernel.

 IIRC, all the versions of the Zip drive work. (Apart from my particular
drive, which is giving me problems - hint, hint: has anyone any ideas
about my out of space hassles - posted a while back?:)

 Newer parallel port versions of the drive use the imm driver, only the
older ones use the ppa module.

 The other thing to watch is the order in which you load the modules for
the printer and zip drive....make sure you load the zip module first (or
build it in).
 It`s all covered in the HOW-TO`s.

 Hope this helps.

 Baz.
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