In the most distro-agnostic way adding a ZIP-drive means:
- having the right (old or new model ZIP) kernel modules available and loaded,
- having an entry in /etc/fstab that matches the device to a mountpoint.
When the device is connected, recognised and mounted a "desktop icon" will automagically appear.
Plug the device in and typing "dmesg" in a terminal or watching your systems logs (see /etc/syslog.conf for which ones: usually /var/log/messages) or "fdisk -l" should show if it's recognised. If I recall correctly ZIP "ppa" module relies on SCSI, so if you have no other (IDE-)SCSI devices loaded it should take the first available devicename (/dev/sda) or the next one (/dev/sdb) and so on. Make the mountpoint, say "/mnt/zipdrive", then add this line to your /etc/fstab:
Code:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/zipdrive auto defaults 0 0
(check fstab TAB key usage if you want to keep it looking "clean"). Now mount the device "mount /mnt/zipdrive" and all should be set.
* As I've said before this is the most clear and distro-agnostic way of adding a ZIP-drive. If MEPIS has "toys" for making it easier you'll probably find out RSN.
