Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 09:30:03 +0200 (MEST) From: Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> To: "Jeays, Mike" <JEAYS@statcan.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ATAPI devices - more problems Message-ID: <XFMail.980408093003.werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> In-Reply-To: <199804071238.IAA26985@smtpsha.statcan.ca>
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On 07-Apr-98 Jeays, Mike wrote: > > Thanks to those who have helped me in getting an Iomega ATAPI Zip drive to > work. After a weekend of experiments with a fresh 2.2.6 installation, I > found the following: > > I can only get an ATAPI device (CD-ROM or Zip drive) to work if it is the > only device on an IDE controller. If I put two ATAPI devices on the same > controller, "mount" hangs, and causes the entire system to crash if I try a > second time. > > I cannot get either ATAPI device to work as a slave to an IDE drive. > FreeBSD doesn't see them. I haven't tried with the ATAPI drive as master > and the IDE disk as slave; I ran out of patience, and it would not solve my > problem of configuring two IDE drives and the two ATAPI devices. > > In each configuration, the drives were correctly identified in the "dmesg" > listing at boot time. > > On the positive side, the Zip drive by itself functions very well, either > with an MS-DOS file system, or with a UFS. > > This was done on a 48MB Pentium 120, with a motherboard by Gigabyte. > > Finally, all the configurations I tried worked flawlessly under Win 95, > which configured itself correctly and automatically. I hate to admit they > have done quite a good job here... > > I could summarize the instructions for setting up the Zip drive as an SGML > section for the handbook if anyone is interested, although it would almost > all be from information supplied by others. I expect the LS120 is very > similar. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> Date: 08-Apr-98 Time: 09:26:26 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- Do you have mfs in your kernel ? Had similar problems in the past with a mfs-tmp . Werner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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