[techtalk] Okay so I recompiled my kernel under RedHat 6.1

[Norma]

Thanks for the help! I'm gonna check that out right now. Will let you know
how it goes.
             Norma

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----- Original Message -----
From: Caitlyn Martin <caitlyn at netferrets.net>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] Okay so I recompiled my kernel under RedHat 6.1


> Hi, Norma,
>
>
> > It is an early model parallel port drive
>
> OK, you need to add the following line to your /etc/conf.modules file:
>
> alias block-major-8 ppa
>
> If you have the ppa driver in your kernel, that should make it work after
a
> reboot.  The physical device will be /dev/sda4, so if you created a mount
> point (i.e.: /mnt/zip), you should be able, with a disk in the drive, to
> type:
>
> (for DOS formatted zips:)
>
> mount  -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
>
> and it should then mount your disk.  I am using the same sort of drive on
my
> system, and it works very well indeed.
>
> You may then, once you have it working, want to add a line to your
> /etc/fstab file so that it recognized the mount point at boot.  Also, if
you
> are running KDE as a GUI, you can set up the provided mount/unmount icon
to
> make it point and click, if you'd like.
>
> I hope this helps.  If not, let us know what you are seeing, and I'll try
to
> figure it out with you.
>
> Good luck!
> Caity
>
>
>
>
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