From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 07:13:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 006AF16A4CE for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 07:13:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccmmhc02.asp.att.net (sccmmhc02.asp.att.net [204.127.203.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D167543D48 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 07:13:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david.fleck@mchsi.com) Received: from grond (12-216-14-105.client.mchsi.com[12.216.14.105]) by sccmmhc02.asp.att.net (sccmmhc02) with SMTP id <20040117151330mm2009sp88e>; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 15:13:31 +0000 Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 09:13:30 -0600 (CST) From: David Fleck Sender: dcf@grond.sourballs.org To: Alex Walker In-Reply-To: <1074279514.4008345a83135@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: <20040117085827.Q602@grond.sourballs.org> References: <1074279514.4008345a83135@webmail.rawbw.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: raindogs_1@yahoo.com Subject: Re: trouble mounting a zip drive on parallel port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 15:13:33 -0000 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: 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: 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