Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 14:04:46 -0700 From: Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca> To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Parallel prt zip drive help. please 3rd request. Message-ID: <384D766E.250709FD@heartland.ab.ca> References: <199912070342.TAA06326@netcom.com>
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Stan Brown wrote: > > Just got a new paralle port zip drive, and am trying to make it work. I > have read the FAQ and added the following to my kernel config: > > controller ppbus0 > device ppc0 at isa? port? net irq 7 > controller vpo0 at ppbus? > controller scbus0 at vpo0 #base SCSI code > device da0 #SCSI direct access devices (aka disks) > > I get the follwing in dmesg on boot: > > ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/7 bytes threshold > lpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: <generic parallel i/o> on ppbus 0 > imm0: <Iomega Matchmaker Parallel to SCSI interface> on ppbus 0 > imm0: EPP 1.9 mode > > Followed by: > > vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (3) > vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (3) That is what worries me.. I suspect that there might be a problem with you zip drive but who knows.. Do you have a disk inserted? > > Repeated several times. > > When I try to: > > mount -tmsdos /dev/da0s4 /mnt > > I get: > > msdos: /dev/da0s4: Device not configured Have you done a ./MAKEDEV da0s4 in the /dev directory?? > > Could someone please give me some sugestions as to what to try next? > > -- > Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 > Factory Automation Systems > Atlanta Ga. > -- > Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! > Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer > (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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