From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Dec 27 17:04:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA02351 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 17:04:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp10.portal.net.au [202.12.71.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA02338 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 17:04:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA00754; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 18:44:15 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712270814.SAA00754@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Shaun Q." cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, matt@nmedia.net, ppbus@smith.net.au Subject: Re: zip drive problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 26 Dec 1997 20:45:37 CDT." <199712270145.UAA29842@m-net.arbornet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 18:44:15 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk G'day Shaun. Could you please wrap your paragraphs? Its much harder to reply to a message if you have to reformat it first. > I'm having problems with my new Parallel Port zip drive > It works in dos (but only with the latest version of guest.exe, not > with the older versions.) I've been trying to get it to work in > freebsd also, but it just says that it is waiting for scsi devices > to settle and never finds the zip. Great. 8( It sounds like they've changed something in the interface or the drive that makes it incompatible with the previous versions. I haven't heard anything about this to date, so I don't think there's an easy answer, sorry. > ppc0 at 0x278 irq 7 on isa > ppc0: Generic chipset in EPP mode (EPP 1.9) > nlpt0: on ppbus 0 > nlpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: on ppbus 0 > vpo0: on ppbus 0 > vpo0: waiting for scsi devices to settle > scbus0 at vpo0 bus 0 Presuming you have the 'sd' device in your kernel config, you should have seen the Zip here. You might want to try adding 'od' as well, just in case they have changed the device type, although I would have expected to see it probed nonetheless. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ Remember, the race is long, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and in the end it's only with yourself. \\