From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 25 00:13:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B523106564A for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:13:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CA2D8FC1E for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:13:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werg1 with SMTP id g1so3199344wer.13 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:13:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=/FodWZowibBn5cTRviZgNAXQvOZ+fLWiap0fHVkImaM=; b=QiyTCmqXhVA0WsDokBPrj/XKhveSyfZ9w1kg2E0pFyR5MPGc40p5fAZN6FWXcYoTQX 9RgZpO9CWsSY5MKQWrJLreRQX2dLlccR3DlOEO9Y70UpT1Onh/LxZQ893nBWphPG0/DL CPOFyQg4BHu0TDLgRT/C0/BKTmMO2sTqU4xHulYtiyRdWe4KdgdEDtykQ1QrU3lWuWsp 64A3OX6UCEiIB1TmJO3FHgX5Z3YIPU47l2K5pMosh9VLHTBQE1MERa4pxVzu6gvmCp9m fh7/MhEfm2BHR/Hu6GvfBeoZvJCaqxRBuWpl40LWKCVMFkAsb1qUsAtJnAPNGg05Rl7H 4oWw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.98.39 with SMTP id ef7mr20653534wib.21.1340583180811; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:13:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.88.155 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:13:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FE7A9D9.9000508@hdk5.net> References: <4FE7A9D9.9000508@hdk5.net> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:13:00 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: noc@hdk5.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.* X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:13:08 -0000 On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Al Plant wrote: > > I need to get an old parallel Omega Zip drive to work on a freeBSD 8.* to > transfer some archives to new media. > > I have a problem with getting the OS to read the Omega Zip drive so it can > be seen in dmesg to manually set the id correctly in /etc/fstab Flash > drives and floppies show up but not Parallel Omegas. My wifes MS machine > has no parallel input and my several FreeBSD boxes do but wont find the > hardware. I used to use Omega Zip under FreeBSD 4.11. Thought these had > been transferred years ago but they were only found recently. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/article.html Also at /boot/kernel/vpo.ko -- Adam Vande More