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diff --git a/share/man/man4/vpo.4 b/share/man/man4/vpo.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a3b6016cedb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/vpo.4 @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, Nicolas Souchu +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd December 14, 2004 +.Dt VPO 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vpo +.Nd parallel to SCSI interface driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device vpo" +.Pp +For one or more SCSI busses: +.Cd "device scbus" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provide access to parallel port Iomega Zip and Jaz drives. +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the following parallel to SCSI interfaces: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +Adaptec AIC-7110 Parallel to SCSI interface (built-in to Iomega ZIP +drives) +.It +Iomega Jaz Traveller interface +.It +Iomega MatchMaker SCSI interface (built-in to Iomega ZIP+ drives) +.El +.Sh USAGE +The driver should let you use a printer connected to the drive while +transferring data. +.Pp +DOS and +.Fx +file systems are supported. +When mounting a DOS file system or +formating a +.Fx +file system, check the slice of the disk with the +.Xr fdisk 8 +utility. +.Pp +In order to unixify a ZIP disk, put the following in /etc/disktab: +.Bd -literal +zip|zip 100:\\ + :ty=removable:se#512:nc#96:nt#64:ns#32:\\ + :pa#196608:oa#0:ba#4096:fa#512:\\ + :pb#196608:ob#0:bb#4096:fb#512:\\ + :pc#196608:oc#0:bc#4096:fc#512: +.Ed +.Pp +and use +.Xr bsdlabel 8 . +.Pp +If you have trouble with your driver, your parallel chipset may not run +properly at the detected mode (NIBBLE, PS2 or EPP). +Tune the +.Xr ppc 4 +bootflags to force other modes. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr da 4 , +.Xr lpt 4 , +.Xr ppbus 4 , +.Xr ppc 4 , +.Xr scsi 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +manual page first appeared in +.Fx 3.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +This +manual page was written by +.An Nicolas Souchu . +.Sh BUGS +During boot, the driver first tries to detect a classic ZIP, then a ZIP+. +The ZIP+ detection is intrusive and may send erroneous characters to your +printer if the drive is not connected to your parallel port. |