SuSE Linux: Versions 7.0 to 7.3
Kernel: Versions 2.2.16 to 2.4
1. switch to user root. The following steps are only important if you´ve SuSE Linux 7.0, in case of newer versions please continue with step 4.
2. Please execute the command lsmod | grep usb You should receive the following output:
usbcore 42760 0 [usb-uhci] usb-uhci 21248 0 (unused)or
usbcore 42760 0 [usb-ohci] usb-ohci 21248 0 (unused)
if the displayed output is different from this, load the usb-modules with
rcusb start
you should receive the following output
Starting service USB: usb-uhci doneor
Starting service USB: usb-ohci done
You can also load the modules manually with
modprobe usbcore modprobe usb-uhcior
modprobe usb-ohci
To start the initialization of the usb-system during the bootprozess, edit your /etc/rc.config and set the variable to
START_USB="yes"and start
SuSEconfig
3. Load the module usb-storage with
modprobe usb-storageTo enable to load the module usb-storage while booting the system edit the file
/etc/rc.config.d/usb.rc.config
to load the module.
Example:
# # USB_DRIVERS specifies which drivers should be loaded on USB startup # Default is "usb-keyboard mouse". You may additionally specify # acm, usb-serial, ezusb, usb-scsi, printer, hp_scanner, cpia, audio # Please note that not all of those are ready for prime time, yet. # USB_DRIVERS="usb-keyboard mouse usb-storage"
4. Connect the Zip-Drive to a free usb port and check with dmesg if the drive was recognized. It should be displayed as following:
USB Mass Storage device found at 2
All external usb-storage-devices are emulated as SCSI-drives, so the device has to be configured as a SCSI-device. The command
shows a list of all SCSI-devices and all emulated SCSI-devices.cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Example: Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: IBM Model: DNES-309170W Rev: SA30 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: DVD-ROM SD-M1201 Rev: 1R08 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 250 Rev: 31.G Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
The Zip drive was emulated as SCSI-device and can be integrated into the system. Please take a look at the order of the Zip-devices in our example. The Iomega Zip250 Drive has to be configured as a second SCSI-hard disk (/dev/sdb) because of the position in the listing and the Direct-Access entry. Most of the Iomega Zip250 drives are formatted for DOS-usage, this means you´ve to mount the disk as the fourth partition of the SCSI-device.
The following command mounts the Zip disk as fourth partition of the second SCSI-device
mount /dev/sdb4 /mnt
/mnt provides the removeable disk of the /dev/sdb4 device.