Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-27 Thread Andy Bastien
There are those who would have you believe that Krzys Majewski wrote: > Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hm, I compiled parallel port support as a module. I already had > > > > options parport_pc io=0x3bc irq=7 > > > > in my /etc/modutils/options, so I appended "dma=3" to give

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-26 Thread Krzys Majewski
Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hm, I compiled parallel port support as a module. I already had > > options parport_pc io=0x3bc irq=7 > > in my /etc/modutils/options, so I appended "dma=3" to give > > options parport_pc io=0x3bc irq=7 dma=3 > > Now I can modprobe parport_pc, but

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-26 Thread Krzys Majewski
Hm, I compiled parallel port support as a module. I already had options parport_pc io=0x3bc irq=7 in my /etc/modutils/options, so I appended "dma=3" to give options parport_pc io=0x3bc irq=7 dma=3 Now I can modprobe parport_pc, but when I try to modprobe imm I get: 17:52:05<~>$ sudo modprobe

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-26 Thread Krzys Majewski
Cool, thanks. What if I've got parport_pc compiled into the kernel, not as a module? -chris > In your modules.conf, put a line something like: > > options parport_pc irq=7 io=0x378 dma=3 > > but put the values that you are actually using (the io and irq are > probably the same, the dma is pro

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-26 Thread Andy Bastien
There are those who would have you believe that Krzys Majewski wrote: > On 20 Oct 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > I don't know how to say this properly.. when backing up files from my > > IDE hard drive to my parallel port ZIP100 drive, the machine > > occasionally blocks: it's like ev

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-26 Thread Krzys Majewski
On 20 Oct 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote: > I don't know how to say this properly.. when backing up files from my > IDE hard drive to my parallel port ZIP100 drive, the machine > occasionally blocks: it's like everything freezes for about half a > minute before I can do anything again.

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-21 Thread Alec Smith
No, ppa was used on some older models while imm is used on newer ZIps, including 100MB drives manufactured after some date -- I believe its in 1997 or 1998. (See the PPA driver code for an exact answer) Zip drives do seem to "hang" systems for awhile based on what I can remember of my old Zip100 o

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-21 Thread Tyrin Price
> I don't know how to say this properly.. when backing up files from > my IDE hard drive to my parallel port ZIP100 drive, the > machine occasionally blocks: it's like everything freezes for > about half a minute before I can do anything again. This only > happens when the ZIP drive

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-21 Thread Andy Bastien
There are those who would have you believe that Damon Muller wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Quoth Krzys Majewski, > > I don't know how to say this properly.. when backing up files from my > > IDE hard drive to my parallel port ZIP100 drive, the machine > > occasionally blocks: it's like ever

Re: I/O to ZIP drive temporarily locks up machine

2000-10-21 Thread Damon Muller
Hi Chris, Quoth Krzys Majewski, > I don't know how to say this properly.. when backing up files from my > IDE hard drive to my parallel port ZIP100 drive, the machine > occasionally blocks: it's like everything freezes for about half a > minute before I can do anything again. This