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From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@austin.ibm.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Please help with SCSI zip drive
Date: 09 Jun 1997 10:45:17 -0500
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Jack <harpoMARX@javanet.com> writes:
> 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
> Jun  7 16:49:16 helios /kernel: (aha0:5:0): "COMPAQ CD-ROM CR-503BCQ
> 1.1c" type 5 removable SCSI 2
> Jun  7 16:49:16 helios /kernel: cd0(aha0:5:0): CD-ROM cd present [268501
> x 2048 byte records]
> 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.

Treat the ZIP drive as a regular SCSI hard disk, not a magneto-optical
disk.  Compile in the SCSI disk support by including sd0.

-Dave