zip drive under DevFS
since i've installed devfs, i haven't been able to
get at my zip drive. when the kernel boots, it
initially sees my zip drive as hdd. in fact,
if i go to /proc/ide, there is a symlink called
hdd to /proc/ide/ide1/hdd, which contains the following
information:
$ ls
capacity driver geometry identify media model settings
$ cat *
0
ide-floppy version 0.97.sv
physical 0/0/0
logical 96/64/32
cat: identify: Permission denied
floppy
IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI
cat: settings: Permission denied
$ sudo cat identify
80a0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020
2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 0000 0000 3134
2e41 2020 2020 494f 4d45 4741 2020 5a49
5020 3130 3020 2020 2020 2020 4154 4150
4920 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000
0000 0e00 4002 0000 0000 0002 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 01f4 01f4 0000 0000 0000
0000 0006 0009 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101
2863 2920 436f 7079 7269 6768 7420 494f
4d45 4741 2031 3939 3720 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
$ sudo cat settings
name value min max mode
---- ----- --- --- ----
bios_cyl 96 0 1023
rw
bios_head 64 0 255
rw
bios_sect 32 0 63
rw
breada_readahead 4 0 127
rw
current_speed 0 0 69
rw
file_readahead 0 0 2097151
rw
ide_scsi 0 0 1
rw
init_speed 0 0 69
rw
io_32bit 0 0 3
rw
keepsettings 0 0 1
rw
max_kb_per_request 32 1 127
rw
nice1 1 0 1
rw
number 3 0 3
rw
pio_mode write-only 0 255
w
slow 0 0 1
rw
unmaskirq 0 0 1
rw
using_dma 0 0 1
rw
if i go into the devfs, however, I have only the following drive files:
$ find /dev/ide/*
/dev/ide/host0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part5
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part6
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part7
/dev/ide/host0/bus1
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd
/dev/ide/host1
/dev/ide/host1/bus1
/dev/ide/host1/bus1/target0
/dev/ide/host1/bus1/target0/lun0
/dev/ide/host1/bus1/target0/lun0/cd
/dev/ide/host1/bus1/target1
/dev/ide/host1/bus1/target1/lun0
any ideas?
thanks,
_joe
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