From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 29 18:46:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA27669 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 16:01:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA27436 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 16:00:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA13522; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 16:00:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 16:00:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Scott Wilson cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Problem with Iomega ZIP drive and FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <8BBBEA98FCB7D011ADB100001B16D9A418ACD0@ntsvr.medicaltech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Scott Wilson wrote: > I recently purchased FreeBSD 2.2.6 from CDRom.com. The installation > program locks up running sysinstall. I have traced it down to a problem > with sysinstall and my ZIP drive. The drive is an Iomega ZIP drive > attached as the second device on my secondary IDE controller. > > If I unplug the ZIP drive, sysinstall will run fine but if the ZIP drive > is attached, sysinstall appears to lock up during the "probing devices" > step. Since I dual boot this machine into Windows NT (and I need the > ZIP drive for my NT development work), permanently disconnecting the ZIP > drive is not an option. I have tried making a custom kernal with the > zip device removed, but this did not help either. Is there a way to > make this drive work with FreeBSD? Or at least some way to keep > sysinstall from locking up? Are you saying you're having a problem AFTER installation too? Usually the installer will barf on it, but once the system is installed it won't have a problem. Double check that your master/slave jumper is set correctly and that the cable is in good shape. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message