[ale] 1. Zip100 Parallel port drive 2. SCSI card w/ SAF CDR

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Josh Bonczkowski wrote:
> 
> 1)  You should be able to 'rmmod lp' and 'insmod ppa' to get the zip drive
> working.  To then print, you reverse it.  'rmmod ppa' and 'insmod lp'.
> 
> 2) No idea.  I'm sure someone else will have an idea though.

I believe that the newer kernels support the parport driver, which
permits you to print and access the zip without swapping modules in and
out.  I was doing this before I upgraded to 2.2.*.  After 2.2.*, I
didn't bother with the zip support, since mine started flaking out on
me.

> 
> Josh
> 
> On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, dj4aces wrote:
> > Hey, all.
> >
> > I have 2 problems. Can anyone please help?
> >
> > #1: I have a Zip100 drive w/ Parallel port interface. On the Zip is the
> > printer. The kernel recognizes the printer, but I can't seem to get it
> > to catch the Zip. What am I doing wrong, and how do I correct this
> > problem?
> >
> > #2: I have a SAF (Smart And Friendly) CDR 8020 attached to an Adaptec
> > SCSI card. The system, upon bootup, detects both devices. However, I
> > cannot get Linux to read from or write to the CDR. Also, are there any
> > burner programs for Linux that you all could reccommend to me?
> > Preferably with the option to overburn CDRs (Topic seen in MaximumPC
> > October 99; it intrigued me.)
> >
> > Thank you all in advance.
> >
> > --dj
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