Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:11:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> To: "Justin W. Pauler" <jwpauler@jwpages.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions About FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008161509010.9016-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008161647250.190-100000@drnet.fais.net>
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> 2. What is up with ZIP drives. I have tried like the dickens to get my > system to work with my zip drive. Let me explain. I have an HP Deskjet > 610c and a Iomega Zip 100 Parallel port drive. I had a problem in windows > that forced me to get a secondary printer port. I have it install and for > some reason, BSD only see's my -NEW- printer card, finds it as lpt0. NO > matter what it WILL NOT find the onboard parallel port that is > installed. This is also where I have my ZIP drive plugged in. This sounds to me like an IRQ problem. The secondary port should be usually on IRQ5. Also make sure that the IRQ is not being shared with the sound card or is marked as free in the BIOS if it's an ISA card. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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