Recognizing Drives

[Nils Kassube]

Joseph wrote:
> I attempted what you gave me.  In the terminal, I'd entered "gksu gedit
> /usr/src/linux" and it seemed to do this.

No, that doesn't look like a reasonable command because /usr/src/linux 
usually is a link to the directory of the standard Linux source code. If 
it seemed to work, you probably don't have the link and source code.

> Then I'd entered "make xconfig"
>
> It responded with "make:  *** No rule to make target 'xconfig'.  STOP."

Well, that is what I would expect. You are probably in your home directory 
and there is no makefile with the appropriate rule for xconfig. It seems 
you try to compile a kernel from scratch, but the kernel source isn't 
installed in the location expected by the howto. For now, better forget 
the idea of compiling a kernel, which isn't trivial if you don't know a 
lot about your hardware.

Anyway, from the rest of this thread it seems you try to make a parallel 
port ZIP drive work. You need the module ppa for that drive, at least if 
it is the same model I have used last millenium. That module comes with 
the standard Ubuntu kernel and the command

sudo modprobe ppa

in a terminal (while the drive is connected) should enable access to that 
drive. After that command you you should probably see some messages about 
the ZIP drive at the end of the file "/var/log/messages". And if you then 
insert a ZIP disk, you should be able to see the disk with the command

sudo fdisk -l

in a terminal.


Nils