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From: Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IDE/ATAPI ZIP drive - howto
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:05:44
Message-Id: 854dca5c1001041202o4ba6836eu6c100c9a40a05a50@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] IDE/ATAPI ZIP drive - howto by Helmut Jarausch
1 Any change in kernel configuration or did you copy your old config and
2 run make oldconfig?
3
4 On 1/4/10, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
5 > Hi,
6 >
7 > I've upgraded the kernel on an old machine to 2.6.32.
8 > Now, I cannot get the ZIP drive (ATAPI) working.
9 >
10 > There is a /dev/hdd device and dmesg is telling me about
11 > an IOMEGA ZIP drive, but
12 > trying to
13 >
14 > fdisk /dev/hdd
15 > or even mount it,
16 > seems to make the kernel hang (at least these commands
17 > never finish)
18 >
19 > Has anybody any hint on what to try?
20 >
21 > Many thanks,
22 > Helmut.
23 >
24 > --
25 > Helmut Jarausch
26 >
27 > Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
28 > RWTH - Aachen University
29 > D 52056 Aachen, Germany
30 >
31 >
32
33 --
34 Sent from my mobile device
35
36
37 Kyle

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Re: [gentoo-user] IDE/ATAPI ZIP drive - howto Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>