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Date:      Tue, 23 May 2000 14:50:04 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
To:        David Clarke <djclarke@cm-solutions.co.nz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 250MB ZIP Drive on FBSD 4.0
Message-ID:  <392AFD0C.F07C0C9B@3-cities.com>
References:  <002901bfc4fd$3c069ea0$0201a8c0@eskimo.cm-solutions.co.nz>

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> David Clarke wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having trouble mounting an ATAPI 250MB ZIP Drive under FreeBSD
> 4.0.  Any help much appreciated.
> 
> Trying to mount the ZIP drive always provides the following errors:
> mount_msdos /dev/afd0 /zip
> mount_msdos: /dev/afd0: Input/output error

You need to read Mark Mayo's Zip Drive Freebsd Info sheet at
http://www.vmunix.com/mark/FreeBSD/ZIP-FAQ.html

The basic part to mounting the MSDOS partition is to use afd0s4. Read
the sheet. It is also covered in the FreeBSD/FAQ/hardware pages at
http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/hardware.html

Kent

> or
> 
> mount_msdos /dev/afd0a /zip
> mount_msdos: /dev/afd0a: Invalid argument
> 
> 
> Output from dmesg:
> ata1-master: Aladdin: two atapi devices on this channel, no DMA
> afd0: 239MB <IOMEGA ZIP 250 ATAPI> [239/64/32] at ata1-master using
> PIO3
> ls of /dev/afd*:
> /dev/afd0       /dev/afd0c      /dev/afd0f      /dev/afd0s1
> /dev/afd0s4
> /dev/afd0a      /dev/afd0d      /dev/afd0g      /dev/afd0s2
> /dev/afd0b      /dev/afd0e      /dev/afd0h      /dev/afd0s3
> Kernel config file for ATAPI devices:
> # ATA and ATAPI devices
> device          ata0    at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14
> device          ata1    at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15
> device          ata
> device          atadisk                 # ATA disk drives
> device          atapicd                 # ATAPI CDROM drives
> device          atapifd                 # ATAPI floppy drives
> device          atapist                 # ATAPI tape drives
> options         ATA_STATIC_ID           #Static device numbering
> options         ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA    #Enable DMA on ATAPI devices
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
> 
> 
> David Clarke   www.cm-solutions.co.nz  www.sportsnz.co.nz
> Director - Technology
> 
> Custom Made Solutions Ltd
> PO Box 10-819, Wellington
> Tel +64-4-384-7922        Fax +64-4-384-7924

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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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