Use modconf to insert the ppa module into the kernel. Do this as root

root@willy:~# modconf and hit enter

navigate to kernel/drivers/scsi hit enter
navigate down to ppa hit enter

You will now get a dialog box asking if you want to install this module
hit enter.

You will now get a dialog asking if you want to add any parameters, just hit enter.

After a few seconds you should get a messages saying installation successful hit enter when you are ready.

now type dmesg, your outputshould look something like this:

ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x)
ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 16 bit
ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use PS/2
ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using PS/2
scsi5 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: D.09
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 196608 512-byte hdwr sectors (101 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 25 00 00 08
sda: cache data unavailable
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda4
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi5, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
Attached scsi generic sg2 at scsi5, channel 0, id 6, lun 0, type 0

Next edit /etc/fstab, it should look something like this:

Code:
/dev/sda4    /mnt/zip    vfat   defaults,rw,user,noauto    0    0
Create a directory in /mnt called zip.

You are now ready to mount your zip disk as any user.

Hope this hellps

Jim