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vinyl

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Registered: 2004-07-06

Posts: 33

[kernel] change kernel

I am currently using Arch with a IDE kernel.

I want to hook my Parallel zip drive onto my laptop, so I read I had to use a SCSI kernel.

How can I change my current kernel to a SCSI one ?

I am using Arch 0.7

luisfelipe

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Registered: 2004-05-06

Posts: 96

Re: [kernel] change kernel

Guess you just do a :
pacman -S kernel2x-scsi

where x is either 4 or 6 (depende on which kernel you're using) ,
and after you're finished, you need to run 'lilo' as root (only if you're
using lilo as your boot loader, if you're using grub you're already set).

vinyl

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Registered: 2004-07-06

Posts: 33

Re: [kernel] change kernel

yeah I figured that out, done that and now the kernel is running is guess..

Still my zipdrive is not detected

Any ideas?

On the net they state that its pretty easy to hook up a zipdrive.

luisfelipe

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Registered: 2004-05-06

Posts: 96

Re: [kernel] change kernel

Well, I don't own a zipdrive nor any SCSI device for that matter, so I have no idea what might be wrong.

During boot, does it display any message regarding a SCSI device ??

vinyl

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Registered: 2004-07-06

Posts: 33

Re: [kernel] change kernel

No it doesnt, not the message I read it should give...

luisfelipe

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Registered: 2004-05-06

Posts: 96

Re: [kernel] change kernel

Try searching on the net how to load the modules by hand (I don't know which modules
you should load), and then mounting it with something like :
mount -t vfat /dev/cantrememberwhatascsideviceisnamed /mnt/zipdrive

colnago

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2004-03-25

Posts: 438

Re: [kernel] change kernel

If you are using lilo as a boot loader, you need to run it again to get your scsi kernel into the list.  Then you need to select it at boot.  `uname -a` to see what kernel you are using at present.

Parallel zip drive eh, you might need to change bios settings for your parallel port.  I only have experience with scanners, but I had to change the setting.

Check this out:
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/ZIP-Drive.html

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: [kernel] change kernel

i can share my experience on this
on my laptop to get my flash card plugged in in through pcmcia slot
using kernel26-scsi load pcmcia dameon then mount /dev/sda1

on my tower i have an internal scsi drive also a ide drive
ide=/dev/hda
scsi=/dev/sda

another thing you could try that ive found helpful is you have everything
plugged in run hwd -[s e h] whichever other option you want
i know hwd -h is = how to     
but to get it i believe you need to run hwd -s 1st
this should tell you how  to mount it

dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

Registered: 2003-05-27

Posts: 3,378

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Re: [kernel] change kernel

I am currently using Arch with a IDE kernel.

I want to hook my Parallel zip drive onto my laptop, so I read I had to use a SCSI kernel.

How can I change my current kernel to a SCSI one ?

I am using Arch 0.7

modprobe imm

should make it work ... then it should be under /dev/sdXY

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vinyl

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Registered: 2004-07-06

Posts: 33

Re: [kernel] change kernel

Thanks all, I finally got it working, the orignal link to the imm.tar.gz file was dead but I found it after some googling.

Xentac

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 1,797

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Re: [kernel] change kernel

Just a note.  You don't need to use the scsi kernel, the ide kernel has everything you need to do scsi, except their compiled as modules, not builtin.

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