Grant R. Guenther (grant@torque.net)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:01:10 -0400 (EDT)
> I'm trying to get a Western Digital Caviar attached to the parallel port
> using the ValueStor external hard drive. I'm running 2.1.87 and version
> 2.1.85 of the module tools. From visual inspection, it looks like the
> ValueStor has the OnSpec 26 chip. (It's labeled OnSpec 90C26-E.) Here
> are the kernel messages I receive when I load the modules:
Does the drive work on this machine using the manufacturer's drivers ?
How is the parallel port configured ?
> # insmod pd -verbose=1
> pd: pd version 1.01, major 45, cluster 64, nice 0
> pda: 0x378 is parport0
> pda: on26: port 0x378, mode 0, test=(255,255)
> pda: on26: port 0x378, mode 1, test=(255,255)
> pda: on26: port 0x378, mode 2, test=(255,255)
> pda: on26: port 0x378, mode 3, test=(255,255)
> pda: on26: port 0x378, mode 4, test=(255,255)
The driver cannot detect an on26. Sorry to ask such questions, but is
the external drive powered on ?
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