About a week ago Kevin Ross mentioned, "/lib/modules/2.6.18-3-686/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.ko"
Thanks Kevin. The machine is now running kernel 2.6.18; the *.ko file you cited is present. If the machine is started with a 100 MB Zip disk in the drive, fdisk -l still fails to report it. What additional ingredients and actions are necessary to allow partitioning the Zip disk. (For interest: the Oberon ATA driver operates the Zip disk almost as a fixed disk with no additional software. Unfortunately the Oberon partitioner fails on the Zip.) Thanks, ... Peter E.