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Iomega Zip 100 (Parallel, external)
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06-07-2005
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8.8
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Description:
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The Zip 100 works perfectly under linux.
Requires the 'ppa' module to be uncommented from /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.
Below is taken from the Iomega website on getting your Zip drives to work in Linux:
Connect your Iomega® drive to the parallel port of your computer. Use the following instructions to load the drivers needed to detect your Zip® parallel port drive or your Jaz® drive (connected to the Jaz Traveller™) in Linux®. You must be logged into the root and not as SU (shared user).
STEP ONE - Use the modprobe command to install the following drivers:
modprobe imm for new Iomega parallel port drives.
modprobe ppa for older parallel port drives.
modprobe vfat to load both fat.0 and vfat.0
Note: These are usually loaded by default in most releases of the linux Kernel.
If you get a message that indicates there is no such file or module when installing the fat.0 and the vfat.0, the module may already be installed or you are not logged in the root.
Some Zip 100 parallel port drives may need the motherboard cmos setting, under parallel port options, set for standard parallel port (spp) to work correctly.
STEP TWO - Add the following mount point for your drive: mkdir /mnt/zip100.0
If you have more than one Iomega drive, you will need to add a mount point for each drive. Use the following chart to determine the mount point for your Iomega drive:
Zip 100 drives
First drive
zip100.0
Second drive
zip100.1
Zip 250 drives
First drive
zip250.0
Jaz 1GB drives
First drive
jaz1g.0
Second drive
jaz1g.1
Jaz 2GB drives
First drive
jaz2g.0
Note: These are the default names for Iomega drives if you change the name, you will be unable to use IomegaWare™ with your drive.
Steps 3 and 4 give permission to the drive for other users.
STEP THREE - Add the following line to fstab:
Type: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip100.0 vfat noauto,user 0 0
STEP FOUR - Mount your drive
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Keywords:
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zip, 100, iomega, parallel
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Connection Type:
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Parallel
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10-21-2004, 01:58 AM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Arch .7
Posts: 47
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8-521
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Fedora Core 2
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follow the directions on this page and youll have no problems. worked great for me after modprobing ppa. Suse, mandrake and fedora recognized it right off the bat, i just had to modprobe ppa for it to work.
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12-26-2004, 11:15 PM
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Registered: May 2004
Distribution: debian
Posts: 235
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.7
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debian sarge
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worked great with ppa module.
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02-22-2005, 01:22 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Distribution: slack-current, kubuntu testing
Posts: 15
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
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2.6.8
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Mandrake 10.1
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I join in on the "yay it is working"
first time I install this drive and not having any issues at all
modprobe ppa sure did it
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06-07-2005, 01:54 PM
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Registered: Dec 1969
Posts: 0
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 7
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.11
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FC3
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Seems like a parallel Zip is screwed under a 2.6 kernel and udev, right? Since there isn't media at startup and it isn't a hotplug device?
I have a user (my wife) and I can't ask her to create a device node and modprobe every time she logs in.
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