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From: John Szumowski <harpo@javanet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Please help with SCSI zip drive
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 07:24:43 -0500
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Mark Mayo wrote:
>
> Jack wrote:
> >
> > I just got an external ZIP that I have hooked up to my Adaptec 1535.
> > What do I need to get the drive working properly (i.e. setup- I'm using
> > FBSD 2.2.0)? It's fine under Windows-95. Here are the relavent SCSI
> > messages (/var/log/messages)
> > ---
> > Jun 7 16:49:15 helios /kernel: aha0 at 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 5 on isa
> > Jun 7 16:49:15 helios /kernel: aha0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
> [SNIP]
> > Jun 7 16:49:16 helios /kernel: (aha0:6:0): "IOMEGA ZIP 100 E.08" type 0
> > removable SCSI 2
> > Jun 7 16:49:16 helios /kernel: uk0(aha0:6:0): Unknown
> > ---
> > I guess that compiling SCSI disk support into my kernel might help. I
> > thought uk0 was for magneto-opticle drives, though.
> > Any hints from someone with one of these drives would really be
> > appreciated.
>
> Hmmm. That's strange! My external ZIP detects as "sd" just fine (sd2).
> I'm using an NCR controller. BTW - you must have SCSI support in the
> kernel
> or you wouldn't have detected the aha0 SCSI controller :-) Just make
> sure
> you have support for 'SCSI disks' ala "sd" in the kernel, and I suspect
> it will
> detect just fine.
>
> Once you get it detected as a 'sd', open
> http://vinyl.quickweb.com/mark/FreeBSD/ZIP-FAQ.html for info on how to
> use the thing under FreeBSD. Hint: reformatting the Zip disk with a FFS
> will increase your performance to about 850K/sec !!
>
> Good luck,
> -Mark
I just needed to compile SCSI disk support in (previously, I just used
SCSI for the CDROM). Things works pretty nicely now (reasonably fast).
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