Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:30:17 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@tri-lakes.net> Cc: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Minor annoyances with ZIP Plus Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980125172938.13074B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980125180228.cdillon@tri-lakes.net>
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even the old code can do this.. I'll look at doint that. On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Chris Dillon wrote: > > On 25-Jan-98 Donald Burr wrote: > >>I just got a IOMega ZIP Plus and am using it with an Adaptec 1522 > >>(AIC6360, > >>aic0). It works fine in Win95, and fine in FreeBSD for the most part, > >>other > >>than some rather annoying error messages when trying to use it for > >>various > >>things. Any time I mount/umount a disk, change it, and do the same again > >>(or > >>even use mtools). You'll notice an error when probing the drive attached > >>to > >>aic0 and all the errors at the bottom (which occur when I try to use it > >>after > >>changing disks): > > > >Don't worry; these errors are "normal". Well, as "normal" as Iomega SCSI > >devices get, anyway. Apparently Iomega subscribes to some "weird", > >non-standard variant of SCSI, in that their devices do not support certain > >SCSI commands mandated by the SCSI specification, specifically, those SCSI > >commansd that ask a device to specify its geometry (size, # > >heads/sectors/etc.). When presented with this anomalous behavior, the > >FreeBSD driver guesses the device's geometry, and so everything still > >works. > > Aaah, and the light comes on over my head. ;-> I guess Justin's new CAM code > and the 'quirk entries' will be able to provide a neat hack for this problem? > Any tested hacks I can apply to this non-CAM (2.2.5-STABLE) system to make this > thing shut up? > > > > >I see the same behavior with my Iomega Jaz drive, and with a prevous Zip > >drive I used to own. > > > >My advice is not to worry about it, shake your head sadly at Iomega's lack > >of direction, and move on with life. :) > > I would have chosen something besides this lousy ZIP drive, but this seems to > be the direction everybody is going with removable media, even though there are > several products out there that are faster/hold more/cheaper, etc. etc... (sigh) > I think we need to get everyone we can to complain to IOMega about their > (lack-of) following standards. I wonder if the firmware in these things is > flash upgradable. No mention of it in their specs, that I can see. Hmmmm.... > > > --- Chris Dillon > --- cdillon@tri-lakes.net > --- Powered by FreeBSD, the best operating system on the planet > for Intel x86 based computers. > ---- (http://www.freebsd.org) >help
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