From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 25 00:58:53 2012 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 07B061065670 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:58:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from nm4-vm0.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm4-vm0.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.237.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9292D8FC14 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:58:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.94.237.200] by nm4.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Jun 2012 00:58:46 -0000 Received: from [98.139.221.69] by tm11.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Jun 2012 00:58:46 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp106.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Jun 2012 00:58:46 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rogers.com; s=s1024; t=1340585926; bh=vxKB3yfvj7IeKH+hfTH1yQkQHjYmpZD3wMc07Esp+PI=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=VM8T47rkOBY8xhI0k4wJhGMX5CkZjlFM5yAEFInAiD0Y/sjJkdfFYkFHRkiXqbaWbZ3NyYNfA5WSDm6zGmnKleFOpxPVK2r4xlIW7dKyXjABtDLesO2v70v+xpMVEXIo4Vaf9fwzepQYIicECbODs9JfsaCp/LhK1c8xm4Y1lhk= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 532083.21453.bm@smtp106.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 28nSxQgVM1lCpqCq1kREhaaWf6rBVJGggTelhiByQ0Tg8D1 ht_A_ZpmOnzdPYObOF4aD_P48a_lyNVqodiEuRHeeQfnTwcFDXAdRtVurSSl 86hKeTXdAONM.QzkqMAew1qlD6FDqWYyOOfjZKccttiA8QLIGHkxYGRgCZ3d ghu18wjuo3xJNel9E9BluIuKDeJXiN3KWT5lZq6vAcSRiDHdou.p1aJntzLH y3D202StDyf9ufXSLBeBTKXLogrLh.8sedCl0QHND8LC4KlJXgoLiwey8tDm DlMQX0PeafTf1FKNuJSt.jyMaH1vlb6Rz1Gv8pKDfApp9HOAiJgLmK8ZXfbn CiUopdNycv2sZ229.2LNCASRzsXVPPkLxFKJ8XCW4syZdoOHpVjSj1kYh88_ OubXwTuGocGXoFFWZG.uOfeXKvxTV5aUKyrA6ZzHPj5sz.zS6IoPvKajz.Qq Wjqyei7PC X-Yahoo-SMTP: N82WFx6swBBjwcHWPFR2CGt6udzA8RPrA.xm0enFFXaK2g-- Received: from europa (mike.jeays@99.224.68.20 with login) by smtp106.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jun 2012 17:58:46 -0700 PDT Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:58:45 -0400 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120624205845.159470b6@europa> In-Reply-To: References: <4FE7A9D9.9000508@hdk5.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 00:58:53 -0000 On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:13:00 -0500 Adam Vande More wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I am amazed anyone still has a working Zip drive! Both mine suffered from the click of death some years ago, round about when 4.11 was current. I would get any data off them and onto a CD/DVD as soon as possible. For me, they would make nice museum exhibits, but that's it.