Gary Dunn wrote: > > On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 15:46:17 -1000 > al plant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > > The BIOs setting was the fault. > > > > I cleared it by disabling the BIOs internal motherboard settings and > > installing a printer card that I set to run at IRQ 7 - 0278 . > > This brought up the zip drive with no problem. > > > > Then I removed the card and reset the internal motherboard back to IRQ 7 > > and 0378. > > This brought up the zip drive with no problem. I did set the BIOs to EPP > > as you suggested. > > Great! Please post your solution to the freebsd questions list, because I > know there are others who have experienced this problem. > > I wonder if using the extra card is a necessary part of the solution. Do > you think just changing the port address would do the trick? I have read > that some systems ignore the EPP setting with a port setting of 3BC > (original parallel port 1 on the monochrome video card), and in such cases > changing it to 278 or 378 does the trick. > The BIOs options on the motherboard did not include the 3BC.
The zip only worked after I shut off the motherboard BIOs and then reselected the settings that worked. It was ok after I rebooted the box. Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043