Problems with Slackware.

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi Thomas,

Let's assume that your zip drive is /dev/hdb.
To mount the filesystem on it, do:
"mount /dev/hdb4 -t vfat /mnt"
. Substitute your mount point for /mnt of course.
Iomega likes to format there disks as the 4th partition for some reason.
As for your ppp problem, do "lsmod".
You will get a list of currently installed modules, if ppp is not one of them,
you'll need to load it by hand with "modprobe ppp".
If this doesn't work from /etc/rc.d/rc.modules (which I've seen with certain modules before), then
add the modprobe command above to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local so that it runs
every time you boot for sure.
What kind of sound card do you have,  and did you find support for it
in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules? 
Yes, speakup 0.10a works with 2.2.19 with no patches.
Hth.
Greg


On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 05:43:41PM -0400, Thomas D. Ward wrote:
> Hi, list. I just downloaded the new speakup.i image from the Speakup ftp
> site, and installed the kernel to my Slackware 8 partition.
> My floppy and cdrom are now working fine. However, I am still not getting
> ppp nor is my built in  zip drive working.
> The ppp problem is that I get a kernel error stating that I do not have ppp
> kernel support. I believe I have the proper modules loading in rc.modules,
> but  still no ppp.
> My zip drive error is that it keeps telling INVALAD FILE TYPE> I typically
> have used type vfat, and it worked fine, but since installing Slackware it
> won't use vfat.Thus it won't mount the zip drive which has files on it I
> need to backup from the Red Hat installation which I formated to make space
> for Slackware.
> Ok, now if someone can help me with these problems any help is welcome. Also
> I still want to get sound, and perhaps some advice on building a 2.2.19
> kernel designed for my main computer.
> Does Speakup need any cvs patches to run on 2.2.19, or will the .10-a
> version work fine?
> 
> 
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