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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 02:09:20 +0930
From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> Reading the LINT kernel, I have found the vpo0 device, for the Iomega
> Zip (par).
> 
> I have tried to put the following lines in my laptop kernel file to use
> the parallel zip I own (I own 2 scsi too , but the laptop has no scsi
> port :-).
> 
> controller      ppbus0
> controller      scbus0			# Required ???
> controller      ppc0    at isa? port ? irq 7 vector ppcintr
> controller      vpo0    at ppbus? 	# Zip Parallelo
> device          nlpt0   at ppbus? 	# Stampante      
> 
> I disable lpt0 and the nlpt0 seems to be recognized, but the zip
> doens't. It is not probed at all ...
> 
> Perhaps I miss to add something ?

Yes; the Zip is a SCSI disk, so you need:

device	sd0

as well as the scbus0 controller.

mike