root@2[knoppix]# modprobe imm
root@2[knoppix]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
imm 15360 1
snd_pcm_oss 51716 0
snd_mixer_oss 19072 1 snd_pcm_oss
via_agp 9856 0
sworks_agp 11424 0
sis_agp 9472 0
nvidia_agp 10012 0
efficeon_agp 10496 0
ati_agp 10636 0
amd64_agp 12872 0
amd_k7_agp 10124 0
ali_agp 9600 0
rfcomm 36760 0
l2cap 25472 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 46436 4 rfcomm,l2cap
md5 8064 1
ipv6 248736 8
lp 13768 0
eepro100 30732 0
snd_intel8x0 33512 0
snd_ac97_codec 59268 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 86144 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
snd_timer 25344 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 13060 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
gameport 8192 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 10496 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 23552 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 10756 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 49540 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_co dec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi, snd_seq_device
pci_hotplug 33724 0
intel_mch_agp 12044 0
intel_agp 18968 1
tsdev 9984 0
evdev 11520 0
nls_iso8859_1 8320 1
ntfs 104852 1
md 44072 0
dm_mod 40608 0
autofs 19456 1
af_packet 21124 0
agpgart 31564 11 via_agp,sworks_agp,sis_agp,nvidia_agp,efficeon_agp ,ati_agp,amd64_agp,amd_k7_agp,ali_agp,intel_mch_ag p,intel_agp
i810_audio 34320 0
ac97_codec 19840 1 i810_audio
soundcore 12000 2 snd,i810_audio
e100 32896 0
mii 8448 2 eepro100,e100
jedec_probe 16896 0
gen_probe 7424 1 jedec_probe
mtdcore 10180 0
chipreg 7168 1 jedec_probe
parport_pc 38176 2
parport 38848 3 imm,lp,parport_pc
8250 34448 0
serial_core 22912 1 8250
eth1394 22788 0
usblp 14976 0
ohci1394 33792 0
ieee1394 305296 2 eth1394,ohci1394
ohci_hcd 20864 0
uhci_hcd 31112 0
usbcore 94420 5 usblp,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ds 17920 0
yenta_socket 20736 0
pcmcia_core 58240 2 ds,yenta_socket
apm 20716 2
ide_cd 40576 0
ide_scsi 17540 2
rtc 15432 0
ext3 108648 1
jbd 67488 1 ext3
root@2[knoppix]#

After doing the modprobe the zip drive light came on like the disc was being read.