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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Gk <KillG@erols.com>
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Subject: Re: problems after installing zip drive
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On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Gk wrote:

> I have run into a problem after installing a iomega zip drive.
> Heres the scenario: ( i know some of these statements might not be
> necessary
> but I like to be thorough :))
> 
> 1)I turned pnp back on for windows
> 2)installed ide version of internal iomega zip drive
> 3) booted into windows,  windows found everything ok
> 4) booted into freebsd to surf web and listen to music
> 5) started up kscd, and about 2 seconds after starting it up realized I
> forgot to
> turn pnp off
> 6) kscd wouldn't close, I tried kill -9 (the pid), and it didn't help, i
> finally used
> the afterstep destroy function, but then freebsd got hung up (i.e. I
> closed down
> afterstep and couldn't open any more virtual terminals with alt=f*, I
> couldn't
> get to a prompt using ctrl-c etc.)

Don't forget you have to use Control-Alt-FX to get out of X.

> 7) did a hard reboot turned off pnp and booted into freebsd, same
> problem as
> listed in step 7
> 8) did another hard reboot and executed /stand/sysinstall, but it got
> hung up on
> the probing devices menu thingy, and I couldn't open any more virtual
> terminals

Um, you don't need to use sysinstall; just build a new kernel with

device wfd0

Install kernel, reboot, and enjoy.

By the way, sysinstall hates IDE zips.

> p.s.  on a side note, I enjoyed the option in linux of being able to tab
> through
> my last cli commands using the up and down arrow keys, is there any way
> to
> achieve this in freebsd?

Install bash or tcsh.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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