Re: two ata-related problems

2010-09-03 Thread perryh
Erik Trulsson wrote: > So, yes, FreeBSD 8.1 *should* be able to recognize > an ATAPI Zip drive. No great urgency -- I won't need it during the install and no specific plans even after that -- but any ideas how to go about tracking this down? ___ freebs

Re: two ata-related problems

2010-09-03 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 09:11:02AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > per...@pluto.rain.com writes: > > > Two questions about installing FreeBSD 8.1 on a Dell Precision 420 > > (yes, I know it's old): > > I have a similar machine running as a lab tool. > > > 1. Should FreeBSD 8.1 be able to recogniz

Re: two ata-related problems

2010-09-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
per...@pluto.rain.com writes: > Two questions about installing FreeBSD 8.1 on a Dell Precision 420 > (yes, I know it's old): I have a similar machine running as a lab tool. > 1. Should FreeBSD 8.1 be able to recognize a 100MB ATAPI Zip drive? >I'm not finding it in the dmesg, although BIOS S

Re: two ata-related problems

2010-09-03 Thread claudiu vasadi
Hi, For point no. "1" you can check if the drive is supported @ http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html. Sorry, no idea about point no. "2" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest

two ata-related problems

2010-09-03 Thread perryh
Two questions about installing FreeBSD 8.1 on a Dell Precision 420 (yes, I know it's old): 1. Should FreeBSD 8.1 be able to recognize a 100MB ATAPI Zip drive? I'm not finding it in the dmesg, although BIOS Setup recognizes it. (It and a CDROM are on the secondary IDE channel; I've tried