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["Karolis Lyvens" <karolisl AT gmail.com>]

Thanks, it seems it'll work now, but one more question: how can i
create the device file and mount it? The script supplied gives some
kind of weird error: "-sh: ./parcd: not found" (parcd is the filename
i have given to this script). Maybe i need to install bash instead of
sh?

On 5/21/06, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 May 2006, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 20 May 2006, Karolis Lyvens wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible to connect external parallel port CDROM drive to BasicLinux?
> >> The model is MULTIPORT CD-JET SL.
>
> According to another site, your CD-ROM drive has chip KBIC-971A and the
> third module for it would be kbic.o, so insmod paride, insmod pcd, insmod
> kbic.
>
> How would we determine the chip name from the device itself?
>
>
> >> Looking through 2.2.6 kernel modules, i couldn't find anything about this
> >> kind of device...
> >>
> >
> > http://cyberelk.net/tim/parport/paride.html
> > Linux Parallel Port Home Page, link to IDE page, which discusses a variety
> > of parport IDE devices including our zip drive (needs imm.o or ppa.o).
> >
> > Our parport zip drives need also parport.o and parport_pc.o, so probably
> > does your device.  Our drives are 'scsi' so don't emulate IDE in linux.
> >
> > Yours is parallel-IDE/ATAPI.  In addition to parport.o and parport_pc.o
> > you need paride.o (basic IDE parport driver), pcd.o (high level driver for
> > CD-ROM parport device) and a low-level driver specific to your drive,
> > listed at the above URL.  We have a backpack, which needs bpck.o .
> >
> > Steven has compiled and posted a large bzimage.big 2.2.26 kernel and all
> > the above modules at the BL3.40 home page.
> >
> > kernel 2.2.6 is used by Slackware 4.0, but BL has switched to a later
> > kernel in the 2.2 series that supports some USB devices and probably has
> > fewer bugs than 2.2.6.  You can use it with other kernels (and matching
> > modules).  2.4.31 supports USB storage (camera, memory stick).  I posted
> > David Moberg's kernel and modules (also my own, a bit smaller with less
> > device support).
> >
> > While looking for the home page I ran across a Wikipedia entry for 3.40
> > and a Softpedia entry claiming the latest version is 3.32.  Same press
> > release in both.
> >
> >
> > keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
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