From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 24 21:27:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA16034 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 21:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA16019 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 21:27:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (lot.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [203.20.121.21]) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA18260 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:57:26 +0930 (CST) Received: from word.smith.net.au ([127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01030; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:55:32 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199708250225.LAA01030@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jason Andresen cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: paralell Zip problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 24 Aug 1997 15:30:02 -0400." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:55:21 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I followed the README install directions to the letter on the Parallel > port hack, and after rebuilding the kernel (it does probe the sd0 and find > it). However, when I try to fdisk the disk (as said in the readme) it spits > back: > Cannot open disk /dev/rsd0 (Device not configured) Without the actual boot-time messages and a transcript of your attempted fdisk session it's a little hard to be absolutely sure what's going on here. You might want to check that your /dev/sd* nodes are correct, and that there's a disk in the Zip. Note that the 'ppa' driver is obsolete, and has some problems that are unlikely to be fixed. > If anyone has knows (or has an idea) what the problem is, I'd love to hear > from you. Thanks! You should almost certainly have mailed the author at the address in the README, as he's likely to be best able to help you. mike