From owner-freebsd-current Thu Sep 10 16:03:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20705 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:03:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hillbilly.hayseed.net (hillbilly.hayseed.net [204.62.130.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20699 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:03:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from enkhyl@hayseed.net) Received: from hillbilly.hayseed.net (enkhyl@hillbilly.hayseed.net [204.62.130.2]) by hillbilly.hayseed.net (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA00234; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:02:19 -0700 Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:02:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Enkhyl To: Mike Smith cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parallel iomega zip In-Reply-To: <199809100709.AAA00727@word.smith.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > Sorry for the slow response. I had to run some additional tests to make > > sure I wasn't being a twit. :-) > > > > I've tried it with both ZIPplus and parallel ZIP drives with the same > > results: it doesn't find the device. > > > > here's the boot info: > > > > ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa > > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode > > Have you tried changing the port mode in the BIOS? Are you using the > cable supplied by Iomega? Does it work with the DOS 'guest' driver? Not yet. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should change it to? The choices I can see from looking at the BIOS setup are: ECP mode Bidirectional mode (PS/2 Compatible) Normal mode (AT Compatible) Yes, I'm using the Iomega-supplied cable. It works under NT, but I don't know about DOS 'guest'. I can check. > > and the config info: > > > > controller ppbus0 > > controller vpo0 at ppbus? # Iomega ZIP drive support > > > > controller ppc0 at isa? port ? tty irq 7 vector ppcintr > > I presume you have 'scbus0' etc. as well? Yes. -- Christopher Nielsen Scient: The Art and Science of Electronic Business cnielsen@scient.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message