From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 13:29:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A752B1065842 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:29:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp03.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp03.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31EEF8FC0C for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:29:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c83-255-61-120.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.61.120]:38255 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp03.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1OrWKe-0008Ca-Cd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:29:31 +0200 Received: (qmail 71579 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2010 15:29:25 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 3 Sep 2010 15:29:25 +0200 Received: (qmail 71089 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Sep 2010 15:29:25 +0200 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:29:25 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100903132925.GA71022@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <4c80bc3d.bsLwHSU5+KZyQFD6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <44mxrzvuop.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44mxrzvuop.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.61.120 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1OrWKe-0008Ca-Cd. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp03.sth.basefarm.net 1OrWKe-0008Ca-Cd 816a52f64420542813b6ebe5552eef0b Subject: Re: two ata-related problems 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: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:29:37 -0000 On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 09:11:02AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > perryh@pluto.rain.com writes: > > > Two questions about installing FreeBSD 8.1 on a Dell Precision 420 > > (yes, I know it's old): > > I have a similar machine running as a lab tool. > > > 1. Should FreeBSD 8.1 be able to recognize a 100MB ATAPI Zip drive? > > I'm not finding it in the dmesg, although BIOS Setup recognizes > > it. (It and a CDROM are on the secondary IDE channel; I've tried > > with each of them as master and either way the CD is recognized > > but the Zip is not.) > > The default kernel definitely won't, but with the vpo device enabled, it > probably will. There's a kernel module for that, so you can try > "kldload vpo". Why would you need vpo for an ATAPI device? It is only for parallell devices. You should only need the 'ata' and 'atapifd' devices (both of whoch are included in GENERIC) to handle an ATAPI Zip drive. So, yes, FreeBSD 8.1 *should* be able to recognize an ATAPI Zip drive. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se