Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:51:51 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ian Cartwright <ICartwright@IT.RJF.com> Cc: (E-mail) <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, (E-mail) <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: USB Zip drive Message-ID: <200005101751.NAA06858@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <6D5097D4B56AD31190D50008C7B1579B91201D@EXLAN5>
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On 10-May-00 Ian Cartwright wrote: > Hello All! > > I have a USB 250 MB Zip drive that I would like to use with my FreeBSD > workstation. But there is a problem when I hook it up: it is detected before > my SCSI devices are. It therefore becomes da0 which is a Bad Thing since > that is where my root partition is supposed to be. Therefore I would like to > be able to either a) have it detected _after_ my SCSI devices or b) be able > to hot plug it. Does anyone know how I might go about accomplishing either a > or b? USB is hot pluggable. Just plug it in after the machine boots. However, for the real solution to your problem, hardwire da0 to your system drive. For example, on a test machine I'm using, the system drive is on sym0, so I have this in my kernel config (for -current, -stable is a little different, look in LINT for details): device sym0 # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets) device scbus0 at sym0 device da0 at scbus0 > Thanks! > > Ian Cartwright > Senior Engineer > Raymond James Associates > icartwright@it.rjf.com -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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