Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:58:45 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.* Message-ID: <20120624205845.159470b6@europa> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK2K9PEk9msBaoSmiy8%2BwJpy60LOixAsYAk2DOFo=TMNrg@mail.gmail.com> References: <4FE7A9D9.9000508@hdk5.net> <CA%2BtpaK2K9PEk9msBaoSmiy8%2BwJpy60LOixAsYAk2DOFo=TMNrg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:13:00 -0500 Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> wrote: > > > > I need to get an old parallel Omega Zip drive to work on a freeBSD 8.* to > > transfer some archives to new media. > > > > I have a problem with getting the OS to read the Omega Zip drive so it can > > be seen in dmesg to manually set the id correctly in /etc/fstab Flash > > drives and floppies show up but not Parallel Omegas. My wifes MS machine > > has no parallel input and my several FreeBSD boxes do but wont find the > > hardware. I used to use Omega Zip under FreeBSD 4.11. Thought these had > > been transferred years ago but they were only found recently. > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/article.html > > Also at /boot/kernel/vpo.ko > > > -- > Adam Vande More > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I am amazed anyone still has a working Zip drive! Both mine suffered from the click of death some years ago, round about when 4.11 was current. I would get any data off them and onto a CD/DVD as soon as possible. For me, they would make nice museum exhibits, but that's it.
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