Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 11:36:06 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mike Jeays <jeays@statcan.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Zip drive problem again Message-ID: <199802081936.LAA00473@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 08 Feb 1998 08:08:46 EST." <Pine.SOL.3.96.980208075310.29584B-100000@austral>
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> I bought an Iomega ZIP drive (the internal ATAPI version), and am hoping > to get it to work with FreeBSD as well as W*nd*ws 95. I downloaded all > the source for -stable, and did my first-ever make world, and rebuilt the > kernel with references to wfd0 as well as wcd0. (The CD-ROM is master on > the second controller, the Zip drive is slave.) Ok, sounds reasonable so far. > On rebooting, it displayed the message that it had identified the "buggy > drive", Sounds like it was found OK. > but came up with a damaged file system on my FreeBSD IDE disk > (slave on the first controller). Fsck repaired "/", but I couldn't get at > /mnt or /var. "couldn't get at" doesn't sound like an error message that I am familiar with. Without the actual error texts, it's more or less impossible to determine the actual nature of the problem. > I unplugged the Zip drive so that the CD would work, and By this I take it that the CD drive *didn't* work while the Zip was connected? > Any similar experiences or advice, please? Have others used a CD-ROM and > Zip drive on the same controller? Yes, although I only ran the Zip as master (time was limited, and no other testers reported any problems). > My first try at the make world failed, because I did not have 'mail' and > 'network' as groups defined in /etc/group. Should the make world be > enhanced to make sure all required groups are present? Please feel free to submit the changes. Note that if you have the 2.2.5 CDROM lying around, it's much easier to upgrade to -stable if you're starting from the most recent mainline release (and we don't actually support upgrading from anything older). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe stable" in the body of the message
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