[luau] FreeBSD zip drive install

[Gary Dunn]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:46:09 -1000
al plant <webmaster at hawaiidakine.com> wrote:

>  Configuring a zip drive.
> 
> I have a FreeBSD 4.4 box that works fine with Zip drives. I have another
> 4.4 that I can't get to configure the /zip drive.
> 
> I am now building the  box using 4.9 and can't get the zip drive to
> work on it either.
> snd module installs and works fine BTW on all three boxes.
...
> 
> I see an error under dmesg now:
> 
> vpo0  <IOMEGA drive Parallel to SCSI is detected on ppbus0>
> vpo0  EPP mode
> (seems OK.)
>  
> BUT:
> 
> vpo0: VPO error/time out (5)
> 
> shows just before the last line of the dmesg file.
> 
> Any idea what I should be looking for? 

1. I assume that this is a parallel ZIP drive.

2. Check cables.

3. Check BIOs and ensure parallel port is not set to Normal; use ECP for
best performance, or at least EPP.

4. cvsup using the stable tree and rebuild your kernel.


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