USB Zip Drive

Sat, 14 Sep 2002 06:58:24 -0400

It turns out that I did not have the usb libraries installed at the 
time.  Run a search for for them on the YDL install CD -- one of them 
is called "libusb" I believe (apologies, I don't have the information 
in front of me).  Any way, search for "usb" and you will get the rpms.  
After that, you can modprobe the modules you need, usb-storage.o for 
usb storage media like zip and floppy drives (and perhaps your hard 
drive?), acm.o for usb modems (I have a MultiTech USB modem which works 
nicely under GNU/Linux), printer.o for usb printers.

Oddly, when I installed YDL onto my machine, I chose "Everything" for 
the software group and usb support was not included.

M

Quoting Jon Holman <jholman@insightbb.com>:

> I installed 2.3 last night and saw in the documentation that it
> doesn't
> support any usb hard drives.  Now a zip drive is different, but it is
> still
> a usb drive.  I would imagine that there is usb support, how else
> would the
> keyboard and mouse work?  But there probably are not any drivers for
> the zip
> as of yet.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael King" <kingm@buffalo.edu>
> To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: USB Zip Drive
> 
> 
> > I imagine that this complicates things, but the Zip drive is on a
> USB
> > hub that also connects my mouse, a Y-E Data Floppy Drive (on the
> > supported list) as well as an HP Deskjet printer (supported).  I
> also
> > am using a MultiTech USB Modem (supported).  This all works fine,
> of
> > course, under Mac OS and I got them to work without trouble under
> > SuSE 7.3, but it seems that YDL, at least 2.3, does not have
> modules
> > such as usb-storage.o.
> >
> > I am a bit lost.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > >Dear all,
> > >I have a USB Zip drive that I am unable to get working.  I need
> some
> > >help.  All of the instructions I have gathered from iBookLinux,
> the
> > >Linux-USB website and Matt Welsh's Running Linux seem to be
> either
> > >out of date or are for systems that differ significantly from
> mine.
> > >I am running YDL 2.3 on a 2001 iBook2.
> > >
> > >I am a beginner who knows how to call up KDE's Konsole, run
> > >commands, edit files and generally navigate around.  I lack the
> > >experience and understanding, though, to get my Zip drive to
> work.
> > >
> > >I would happily seek out any other HOW-TOs people suggest and
> > >refrain from posting to the list.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance for any help.
> > >
> > >Michael King
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