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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:12:11 +0100
From:      Michel Talon <michel@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
To:        FreeBSD-Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: /dev and //port
Message-ID:  <20001211151211.B2877@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
In-Reply-To: <3A349D42.2397C841@attglobal.net>
References:  <3A349D42.2397C841@attglobal.net>

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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 04:24:20AM -0500, youlgok@attglobal.net wrote:
> Hi, All:
> 
> After completely installing 4.2-stable-20001208, I re-built a custom
> kernel in order to use parallel port zip drive; however, it just hang
> when I try to use /dev as instructed in

There is no need to rebuild anything to use // port Zip drive. Just
kldload vpo
(assuming you have plugged the zip and powered it--check with dmesg that
it has been probed)
After that you mount it. For example if it is dos formatted in slice 4 
(the standard way)
mount -t msdos /dev/da0s4 /mnt

-- 
Michel Talon


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