Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 21:58:05 -0700 From: George Vagner <kf7nn1@cybertrails.com> To: Gustavo Vieira G C Rios <grios@netshell.vicosa.com.br> Cc: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@voicenet.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ZipDrive Message-ID: <36943EDD.BD248CA9@cybertrails.com> References: <36941337.7F5AD192@netshell.vicosa.com.br> <36943337.5456C8DE@voicenet.com> <36943686.D8B085E3@netshell.vicosa.com.br>
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luigi rizzo used to support the parrallel version but i think that iomega came out with so many versions that he cant keep up with the drivers and stopped supporting it. search the archives for him and send him email asking about this, that is your best bet. Gustavo Vieira G C Rios wrote: > > This is a problem, my IOMEGA ZIP Drive is running on Parallel Port. > My F-BSD version is 2.2.8. > Can anybody point how to get my zip working? > > Peter Schwenk wrote: > > > > Mr. Rios: > > > > I've only experience with the IDE version of the ZIP drive. It works > > fine as the IDE floppy device (/dev/wfd0). You just need to make sure > > that > > > > options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus > > device wfd0 > > > > are in your kernel configuration. If you are still using the > > uncustomized kernel that came with 2.2.8-Release, then it's already > > enabled. Just use /dev/wfd0 as any other drive. I've used it for both > > MSDOS and UFS type filesystems. It's my only backup device. > > > > The SCSI version would work well also. > > > > I don't know if there is a driver for the parallel port ZIP drive. > > > > Hope this helps! > > > > Gustavo Vieira G C Rios wrote: > > > > > How can i configure my system (FreeBSD 2.2.8) to support my zip drive? > > > > > > -- > > > " ... Overall we've found FreeBSD to excel in performace, stability, > > > technical support, and of course price. Two years after discovering > > > FreeBSD, we have yet to find a reason why we switch to anything else" > > > -David Filo, Yahoo! > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > UIN: 27456973 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > - Peter Schwenk > > - schwenk at voicenet dot com > > -- > " ... Overall we've found FreeBSD to excel in performace, stability, > technical support, and of course price. Two years after discovering > FreeBSD, we have yet to find a reason why we switch to anything else" > -David Filo, Yahoo! > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > UIN: 27456973 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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