Date: 15 Sep 2002 18:06:48 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZIP drive parallel port help please? Message-ID: <1032138409.59138.37.camel@PC016247.reshall.uidaho.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D84DE92.8030201@hotmail.com> References: <3D84DE92.8030201@hotmail.com>
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On my VIA chipset motherboard, I got the errors you are talking about
until I forced the parallel port to EPP mode in both the BIOS and in the
driver. Once I did this, the ZIP drive worked like a charm.
jmc
On Sun, 2002-09-15 at 12:25, walt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get my old parallel port ZIP drive working with no luck.
>
> I've included the scbus, da, and vpo in my kernel config as per the
> instructions. The drive works under linux so I'm sure the hardware
> is okay.
>
> The boot messages are as follows:
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> vpo0: <Iomega VPI0 Parallel to SCSI interface> on ppbus0
> vpo0: EPP mode
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ad0: 29333MB <WDC WD307AA> [59598/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
> acd0: CDROM <CD-ROM Drive/F5A> at ata1-master PIO4
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (2)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (2)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5)
>
> And when I try to mount the device:
>
> # mount_msdos /dev/da0s4 /zip
> mount_msdos: /dev/da0s4: Device not configured
>
> I've tried using vpo as a module and as built-in with
> identical results.
>
> Any clues much appreciated!
>
>
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