Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 09:13:30 -0600 (CST) From: David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com> To: Alex Walker <ahwalker@rawbw.com> Cc: raindogs_1@yahoo.com Subject: Re: trouble mounting a zip drive on parallel port Message-ID: <20040117085827.Q602@grond.sourballs.org> In-Reply-To: <1074279514.4008345a83135@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <1074279514.4008345a83135@webmail.rawbw.com>
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On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Alex Walker wrote: > I'm trying to mount a parallel zip drive on FreeBSD 4.8. I did re-configure > my kernel to include the vpo driver and I get the following message on > "dmesg": > > vpo0: <Iomega VPI0 Parallel to SCSI interface> on > ppbus0 > vpo0: EPP mode > vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5) > vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (5) > > The errors are a little worrying, but it does seem to be seeing the drive. Don't be too sure about that. From my experience, what you're seeing here is acknowledgement that the ppbus recognizes the existence of the vpo driver, and that it's set for EPP mode. This is prior to any attempt to communicate with the zip drive itself. I got the same error messages when my parallel cable came loose and the zip was no longer communicating with the driver at all. Do you get any messages like the following? (I'm guessing not): Creating DISK da0 da0 at vpo0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 da0: <IOMEGA ZIP 100 J.03> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 96MB (196608 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 96C) If not, there's no device to mount. Sorry, I'm no expert on debugging this, I can just tell you my experience. -- David Fleck david.fleck@mchsi.com
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