Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 13:51:30 -0500 From: Ron Steele <ron@dc.infi.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Zip drives horrendously slow Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971219135130.00931b10@shellhost.dc.infi.net> In-Reply-To: <19971219123840.34873@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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You probably know this already, but use of a parallel port zip drive will make your whole system slow while the drive is being accessed. It might not be too bad if you have a buffered parallel port card. It's much like PLIP (parallel port SLIP), fine for the occasional file transfer but a huge drag to use all the time. With the SCSI ZIPs being sold at fire sale prices due to the ZIP Plus being out, that is a much better solution. Especially if you are on a multi-user system, all those parallel port interupts are going to bring you system to it's knees. Ron Steele >Does anyone know of any zip drivers that are in user space, or behave nicely >in kernel space? If I do a copy to a zip disk with the ppb drivers the entire >system goes into space, taking minutes to launch apps and other fun stuff. >Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong, of if this is "normal" ? > >-Crh > > Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu > > http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich > >
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