From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Sep 15 18: 6:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7669537B400 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 18:06:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp011.mail.yahoo.com (smtp011.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3352F43E75 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 18:06:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john_m_cooper@yahoo.com) Received: from pc016247.reshall.uidaho.edu (john?m?cooper@129.101.136.30 with plain) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Sep 2002 01:06:23 -0000 Subject: Re: ZIP drive parallel port help please? From: John Merryweather Cooper Reply-To: john_m_cooper@yahoo.com To: walt Cc: FreeBSD Stable In-Reply-To: <3D84DE92.8030201@hotmail.com> References: <3D84DE92.8030201@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 15 Sep 2002 18:06:48 -0700 Message-Id: <1032138409.59138.37.camel@PC016247.reshall.uidaho.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppi0: on ppbus0 > vpo0: on ppbus0 > vpo0: EPP mode > lpt0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ad0: 29333MB [59598/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 > acd0: CDROM 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! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- _ | |V| / ' || MacroHard -- \ \_| | | \_, || the perfection of form over | ----------------------------------|| substance, marketing over | Web: http://www.borgsdemons.com || performance, and greed over | AIM: johnmcooper || design . . . | Yahoo: john_m_cooper || | =====================================================================/ Public Key: http://www.borgsdemons.com/Personal/pgpkey.asc | =====================================================================\ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message