Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:50:17 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.* Message-ID: <4FE7C3D9.3040005@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK2K9PEk9msBaoSmiy8%2BwJpy60LOixAsYAk2DOFo=TMNrg@mail.gmail.com> References: <4FE7A9D9.9000508@hdk5.net> <CA%2BtpaK2K9PEk9msBaoSmiy8%2BwJpy60LOixAsYAk2DOFo=TMNrg@mail.gmail.com>
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Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net > <mailto:noc@hdk5.net>> 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 ########### Thanks Adam, I read the article and made a clean physical install and I now see the vpo driver and the Omega Zip device in the dmesg as da0. I have it in the /etc/fstab file as da0s4 (which should work) I still can't access the drive or the contents but at least it shows up now. Something to work with. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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