<-back to the overview

Setup of Additional Hardware

Sections
External USB HDD
External USB DVD-RW Burner
Printer Installation with CUPS
External USB Mouse

External USB HDD
  • Load the necessary kernel modules for USB storage devices (ehci-hcd, uhci, usb-storage)
  • Make a /usbhdd directory at /mnt/ (mkdir /mnt/usbhdd)
  • Add the following line to /etc/fstab:
    /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhdd vfat noauto,user,uid=user,gid=user 0 0
    Make sure you change user in uid=user and gid=user to the username who owns the external harddisk.
  • Now you can mount the disk typing >mount usbhdd (for unmounting type umount usbhdd).
External USB DVD-RW Burner
  • Load the necessary kernel modules for USB storage devices (ehci-hcd, uhci, usb-storage)
  • Make sure that the directory /cdrom exists.
  • Add the following line to /etc/fstab:
    /dev/sr0 /cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
  • Now you can mount the burner by typing >mount /cdrom (for unmounting type umount /cdrom).
  • Note: For your convenience you can use the Gnome pannel for easy mounting.
Printer Installation with CUPS
  • Install the following packages:
    - cupsys
    - cupsys-driver-gimpprint
    - cupsys-client
    - cupsys-bsd
  • To configure the printer start the CUPS web interface in your browser http://localhost:631
  • Go to printers, select add printer.
  • If you want to connect the printer direct connected to your ThinkPad via the parallel port make sure, that you select 'Parallel Port #1' as device.
  • Select your printer model or a compatible model.
External USB Mouse
  • If you use the Xdeb31 kernel the usb mouse should work instandly when you plug it in.
<-back to the overview