From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Sep 16 18:09:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA02000 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:09:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA01876 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:08:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA14952; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 20:08:21 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 20:08:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: Kevin cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Zip Drives under FreeBSD 2.2.7. In-Reply-To: <35FFE32C.9C933236@concentric.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Kevin wrote: > Hey there, > > I was looking at the Handbook on the web page and noticed that you had > created areas for the Zip drives but had not put any information in this > area. I have been using a Zip Plus on all my systems (NT WS 4.0, Redhat > 5.1 2.0.35) and am not having any problems. Is there a driver for > FreeBSD so that I can access it using this operating system? If there > is nothing official, could you please point me in the general direction > of a discussion group that may be developing one? This probably isn't appropriate to the freebsd-doc list... Maybe try freebsd-hardware next time. That drive will work just fine under FreeBSD as-is. It will be seen just as any other removable-media SCSI device. Using it in parallel-port mode is a different story and requires that a driver be compiled into the kernel, which does exist in -current (and maybe -stable). Beware that FreeBSD will spew some error messages while probing it at boot and when you start to use a freshly inserted disk, but they are harmless and everything works fine anyway. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message