<-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