Iomega ZIP 100 Drive

Hi,
I want to use an Iomage ZIP drive (parallel version) 100, I searched the web and found out that there are two modules for ZIP drives ppa and imm - as far as I have read my specific drive has to be used with the ppa driver. But the module is absent and the line in the kernel configuration file is commented. I tried to build a new kernel with this option set to m but I failed horribly. Although I compiled the kernel, it wouldn't work, there was no vmlinuz file?!
I'm a total newbie to kernel compilation/configuration - can someone out there give me a hint?
Thanks,
hightower

check your /dev folder it maybe recognized as hde#
i know when i use my cf disk in my pcmcia slot thats what it comes up as
i have a zip drive on my tower on the ide channel its recognized as hdc4
i havent figured out why never bothered to look in my /dev folder i have
hdc1 - hdc63 i dont know why it creates so many block devices but the one that works for me is hdc4
check
dmesg |tail
after plugging in drive see whats there

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Lorna, I'm sorry to hear of your loss.
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