Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:54:36 +0100 From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@mpc-data.co.uk> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any problems with parallel port zip plus? Message-ID: <200103280854.JAA24865@lion.mpc-data.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:52:17 BST." <20010327165217.A58705@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> | I did a CVSUP to 4.3-RC at the weekend and my 250mb parallel zip was > | still probed just fine when the system booted. I'll play around with it > | this evening and get back to you. > > If you have PS2 mode, please enable it, and let me know if it connects in > PS2 mode rather than nibble. > > Okay. I tried a selection of the options presented by my BIOS. BIOS Setting FreeBSD reports ZIP+ mode Working Normal. EPP/NIBBLE EPP NO (vpo0 timeouts) EPP+ECP(EPP1..9) EPP/ECP/SPP/NIBBLE EPP YES ECP EPP/ECP/SPP/NIBBLE PS2 YES The PS2 mode used more CPU than EPP but worked without problems. I'm glad I looked at this. Previously my BIOS was only configured for EPP+ECP(EPP1..7) and was using PS2 mode to talk to the drive. I'm now using the EPP1..9 setting which allows FreeBSD to use EPP which is a lot more multitasking friendly. I didn't seem to be able to get FreeBSD to select nibble mode under any circumstances. Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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