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Date:      Tue, 07 Dec 1999 14:04:46 -0700
From:      Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca>
To:        Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com>
Cc:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Parallel prt zip drive help. please 3rd request.
Message-ID:  <384D766E.250709FD@heartland.ab.ca>
References:  <199912070342.TAA06326@netcom.com>

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Stan Brown wrote:
> 
>         Just got a new paralle port zip drive, and am trying to make it work. I
>         have read the FAQ and added the following to my kernel config:
> 
> controller  ppbus0
> device      ppc0    at isa? port? net irq 7
> controller  vpo0    at ppbus?
> controller  scbus0  at vpo0 #base SCSI code
> device      da0 #SCSI direct access devices (aka disks)
> 
>         I get the follwing in dmesg on boot:
> 
> ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa
> ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/7 bytes threshold
> lpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppi0: <generic parallel i/o> on ppbus 0
> imm0: <Iomega Matchmaker Parallel to SCSI interface> on ppbus 0
> imm0: EPP 1.9 mode
> 
>         Followed by:
> 
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (3)
> vpo0: VP0 error/timeout (3)

That is what worries me..  I suspect that there might be a problem with
you zip drive but who knows..  Do you have a disk inserted?

> 
>         Repeated several times.
> 
>         When I try to:
> 
>          mount -tmsdos /dev/da0s4 /mnt
> 
>          I get:
> 
> msdos: /dev/da0s4: Device not configured

Have you done a ./MAKEDEV da0s4 in the /dev directory??

> 
>         Could someone please give me some sugestions as to what to try next?
> 
> --
> Stan Brown     stanb@netcom.com                                    404-996-6955
> Factory Automation Systems
> Atlanta Ga.
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