[luau] parallel port ZIP question ....

[Warren Togami]

Is a kernel module inserted and used in order to use the parallel port zip
drive?  If so you may be able to remove and modprobe the module again.  In
some cases this resets hardware or resets the driver back to the initial
conditions.

lsmod - List currently loaded kernel modules
rmmod MODULENAME - attempt to remove a module if the driver isn't busy
modprobe MODULENAME - attempt to insert a kernel module and all dependencies


Anyone know if a parallel port ZIP drive works reliably in Windows 2000?  I
have a friend that absolutely cannot seem to get it working.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Green" <aloha_moon at yahoo.com>
To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [luau] parallel port ZIP question ....


> I'm running Mandrake 8.1 at home, and I have a Parallel port zip
> drive connected up to it.
>
> I usually turn off everything except the omputer itself when I'm not
> using it, and I often forget to power up the Zip drive if I reboot
> the machine.
>
> Is it possible to "wake up" the Zip drive and get the system to see
> it if I didn't have it turned on during the boot up? Or do I just
> have to make sure to power up the ZIP anytime I reboot?
>
> Mahalo,
>
>
> Rob G.