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Date:      Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:26:54 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc:        Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr>, FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ZIP+ and NatSemi parallel port chipst (was Re: ZIP, again)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811170824490.27295-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981117141306.asmodai@wxs.nl>

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On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:

> On 12-Nov-98 Nicolas Souchu wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 11:13:27PM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> >>> In fact, we have some problems with NSC chips here.
> >>> 
> >>> Anybody could report successfull ZIP+ detection with NatSemi chips?
> >>
> >>So I guess it's detected alright... Now to know how to use it *G*
> > 
> > You can't use it?
> 
> Well it gets probed as da2... Except all my devices in fstab are still sd
> instead of their da counterparts. I wanted to convert them, but found the
> man-pages to be sketchy at best, and since I don't want to disable my system
> again ;)

The sd* and da* devices have the same major/minor numbers.  Cam is
color-blind at that range, you haven't anything to worry about.  It's
probably a good idea to update your devices and fstab, against some
future change, but right now, it doesn't matter.


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