[root@localhost /root]# modprobe ppa ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.2.x) WARNING - no ppa compatible devices found. As of 31/Aug/1998 Iomega started shipping parallel port ZIP drives with a different interface which is supported by the imm (ZIP Plus) driver. If the cable is marked with "AutoDetect", this is what has happened. scsi : 0 hosts. /lib/modules/2.2.19/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.2.19/scsi/ppa.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.19/scsi/ppa.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.19/scsi/ppa.o: insmod ppa failed There are the following lines in my modules.conf alias scsi_hostadapter ppa alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7