To use the ZIP drive with Linux, you must have a kernel
configured with support for the SCSI system, support for SCSI
disks, and support for the host adapter you are using. If you
are not familiar with building a kernel, you should read up on
the Linux Kernel HOWTO for information. You must begin the
process of building a kernel with the configuration step. Here,
you identify the specific kernel components that you need. First
step cd /usr/src/linux. There are several ways to actually do
the configuration. Under X windows I use make xconfig. There is
also make config for command line prompts. The easiest way is
with xconfig. In the section SCSI Support set SCSI support = Y.
Also set SCSI disk support = Y. In the section SCSI low-level
drivers you want to set IOMEGA Parallel Port ZIP drive SCSI
support = M. The M stands for modules. In the section Character
Devices find and set Parallell Printer support = M If you are a
bit unsure about any of this, use zdisk for the make step. This
will build and install the