Re: [Sheflug] Assorted newbie problems

[Sammy Redshaw <nospam [at] cableinet.co.uk>]

Al Hudson wrote:

> On Mon, 8 May 2000, Sammy Redshaw wrote:
>
> > Hi I am wondering if any one know how to get the  parport zipdrive and
> > printer started at boot in mandrake 7
> > Umm I have got the devices working together no promblem by typing in
> > modprobe parport && modprobe imm && modprobe lp
>
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make menuconfig
>
> The options for parallel port support and Zip drive (new) support will be
> labelled 'M' - press 'Y' to turn them to '*', which means they are
> compiled into the kernel.
>
> The alternative is to stick everything in conf.modules (or modules.conf,
> depending on your system IIRC) - there's no reason to recompile the kernel
> if the modules work.
>
> You'll need lines like these:
>
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> thats there what nexts?

umm checked /var/log/messages it getting the printer first then the zip drive
what the hell is going on
can you have a look at my conf.module and how do you load the changes into
the boot sequence?


>
> Include similar lines for the Zip and lp module (remembering to load Zip
> first - also, the lp module will probably need to be told what port to use
> with an 'options' line). There are loads of documents on the web about how
> to play around with your modules configuration.
>
>
>
>
> Sammy Redshaw

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alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq
pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
post-install supermount modprobe scsi_hostadapter
alias char-major-107 3dfx
alias sound sb
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1
options opl3 io=0x388
alias midi awe_wave
post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330