On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 07:39:13AM -0700, Jerry Turba wrote: > I just got a parallel port Zip 100 drive. I have the ppa module loaded, > along with scsi support, scsi disk support. I do not have any scsi drives, > only the zip on /dev/sda4. The zip is recognized during boot, and I can > read it, format it with the iomegaware tool (iw), mount it, all without > problem. I have problems when I try to write to it. After the cp command > the system hangs for a while. When it comes back I have lost the use of > the keyboard but not the mouse, and I have to reboot. > Here is what seems to be the relevant part of /var/log/messages. >
This will not help probably. I had similar problems with my own parallel Zip 100 drive. At some point, I began getting 'input/output' errors when using cp. I never understood why. I had backup of everything on hard disk, so I eventually stopped using the zip drive. Victor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]