Final config for zip drive

[bbgraph]

I have my parallel port zip 100 working fine but I have to run modprobe ppa each time I boot to find the drive...then I have to mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip to make it recognizeable to the syste. Is there a way to automate this procedure so that the drive and mount will happen at boot time? Also, what should I have in fstab? Running RH6.2/KDE...

Thanks for the help

Bob - a wannabee

[White Shadow]

Read this. This should let you know what you need to know.
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/mountzip.html

WS

[Strike]

For your paticular case, you're almost there (congratulations http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif). I'd say just stick modprobe ppa at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local (I think that's where rc.local is, but I may be wrong, there should only be one).

You can just do that with
echo "modprobe ppa" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local (again, change the file path if necessary)

And, the line you need in your /etc/fstab is almost identical to the one you gave me:
/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat defaults 0 0
Adding that to your /etc/fstab should do it.

Tar dar... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[bbgraph]

Thanks White Shadow and Strike...I'll fire the box up shortly and make the necessary mods...this was the last hardware item I needed to enable...

Bob - a wannabe