passage6.txt

Try connecting the Zip Drive directly to the parallel port. Disconnect any 
other devices attached to the zip drive, as well, as these conditions can 
prevent the driver from finding the zip drive.

Parallel Zip drives require a parallel port chipset driver. If you look at 
the CONFIG.SYS file on the Rescue diskette, you will see a line that reads:

DEVICEHIGH=ASPIPPM1.SYS FILE=SMC.ILM

or something similar. The key is the ILM driver after the second = sign; this
is the driver that will provide optimum performance from your parallel port 
chipset. In some cases, the parallel port chipset will not function correctly
in optimized mode. In this case, change the .ILM driver to the most generic
type, which should work with almost any chipset. To do this, use one of these
procedures:


If the CONFIG.SYS line is installing ASPIPPM1.SYS, change it to read:
DEVICEHIGH=ASPIPPM1.SYS FILE=NIBBLE.ILM

If the CONFIG.SYS line is installing ASPIPPM2.SYS, change it to read:
DEVICEHIGH=ASPIPPM2.SYS FILE=NIBBLE2.ILM


NOTE:
Some BIOSes (like Award) allow you to set various parallel drivers in the
system setup or CMOS. Changing this setting to "Standard" often corrects
problems with parallel Zip drives.


IDE and ATAPI Zip drives