From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 22 09:53:48 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14653 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:53:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14647 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:53:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA67060; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:59:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:59:42 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: Mikhail Teterin cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: zip drive and parallel port in NIBBLE mode hang the machine In-Reply-To: <199901221322.IAA00282@kot.ne.mediaone.net> 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 Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Hello! > > My system is too old to have anything other then "Compatable" and > "Bi-directional" modes for the parallel port. Both of this are recognized > as NIBBLE-only by ppc0. > > When I try to cp a big file (Wordperfect distribution) onto a Zip > cartridge (with ufs with softupdates) the whole system becomes "jerky" > and soon hangs -- I can still go from one virtual console to another, > but can not do anything and need cold reboot. > > I used to be able to use the drive during Autumn (although I only > used msdos-formatted cartridges). Any ideas? Thanks! > try searching the lists, my suggestion is to compile like so: controller ppc0 at isa? disable port ? tty irq 7 change to: controller ppc0 at isa? disable port ? cam irq 7 -----------------------------------------^^^ you may also want to try 'bio' it's been explained on the lists and i'm unsure. Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 4.0-current To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message