[vox-tech] ZIP drive woes

nbs vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:01:36 -0800


On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 07:20:06PM -0800, ME wrote:
> insmod load a module, but does not do deps.
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Why do I /always/ forget about modprobe!? :)  Thanks! :)


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> Also, see if you can dd the device and see if the drive comes on.
> # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/zero bs=1024k count=10

Odd... No light.  Just this:

  # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/zero bs=1024k count=10
  dd: /dev/sda: Input/output error
  0+0 records in
  0+0 records out


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> Does the drive click-click-click-clik a lot while running?

Fortunately, no. :)

Thx!

-bill!