Howdy,
In addition to the paride pages you have already found, you may want to
check out the our web page:
http://www.micro-solutions.com/software_library/linux/index.html
Your drive is indeed PROBABLY a series 6 drive; most of the BACKPACK
rewriters were series 6.
Since 2.4.4 the bpck6 and bpck modules are included in the standard
Linus kernel.
If you are missing the bpck6 module, you may not have built it when you
compiled the kernel (or mandrake didn't configure it in).
If you decide to "roll your own kernel" the bpck6 option isn't too hard
to find.
When you do a make menuconfig and have enabled the PARPORT and PARIDE
modules, the option for the bpck6 module is under "Block Devices" in the
main menu. Look for the section titled "Parallel IDE protocol modules".
It's titled "MicroSolutions backpack (series 6) protocol".
If you don't want to re-compile your kernel, you should look to Mandrake
for a kernel package with bpck6. I'm not sure why they wouldn't have it
in by default. (Most newer backpacks are "series 6". It would be a
better option than the old bpck module, if you had to choose just one
(which you don't).).
Good Luck,
Ken Hahn
Engineer, MicroSolutions
Shawn Koons wrote:
> There is no bpck6 module on my machine.
>
> Where do I find one that is compatable with my kernel, or will I have
> to upgrade the kernel (shudder!)? I tried downloading a bpck6 module
> and placing it in the appropriate folder but when I ran insmod bpck6,
> it was for the wrong kernel.
>
> Shawn
>
> John Miskinis wrote:
>
>> I hope you are trying "insmod bpck6" not bpck as stated in a
>> previous reply
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>> From: Shawn Koons <skoons1ns@netscape.net>
>>> Reply-To: skoons@cybertrails.com
>>> To: "linux-parport" <"linux-parport"@torque.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [PARPORT] Backpack cd-rewriter
>>> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:37:08 -0700
>>>
>>> Jeesh do I feel stupid! I was not in root. I can run modprobe but
>>> get the following:
>>>
>>> paride: version 1.04 installed
>>> pcd: pcd version 1.07, major 46, nice 0
>>> pcd0: Autoprobe failed
>>> pcd: No CD-ROM drive found
>>> /lib modules/2.2.6/misc/pcd.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
>>>
>>> Hmmm, what device or resource would be busy? And how do I get it to
>>> take a break? :-)
>>>
>>> Shawn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I tried to run modprobe and got the message:
>>>>
>>>> bash: modprobe: command not found
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to add this program to my computer?
>>>>
>>>> When I "man modprobe", I get the manual for depmod which explains
>>>> both modprobe and depmod
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Shawn
>>>>
>>>> farmer dude wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for that
>>>>>
>>>>> modprobe -d pcd
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a correct order, you need the paride stuff
>>>>> and the specific backpack driver. look at your kernel
>>>>> source and therein it tells you which to use (bpck or
>>>>> bpck6) depending upon version. I've got a 3 year old
>>>>> backpack and bpck6 works for me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Shawn Koons <skoons1ns@netscape.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am attempting to get my machine to recognize my
>>>>>> Backpack cd-rewriter. I will attempt to give as much info as I
>>>>>> can. Please
>>>>>> accept apologies in advance if I give too much, or the wrong,
>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *I use Tiny Linux, based on Slackware 4.0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *I have a Compaq LTE 5300 laptop P133 w/48 meg ram.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion.
>>>> And religion may, in a real sense, be understood as a popular
>>>> misunderstanding of mythology.
>>>>
>>>> Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion.
>>> And religion may, in a real sense, be understood as a popular
>>> misunderstanding of mythology.
>>>
>>> Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That
>>>
>>>
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