Using a ATA/IDE Zip drive under FreeBSD is fairly simple to use. Before you plugin the device, just make sure that the following is in your kernel config file:
# …
device ata
device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives
# …
The GENERIC kernel has it, but some people (like me) commented out the ATAPI floppy line in their custom kernels. If you had to add it in, make sure to recompile your kernel. I doubt there is a kernel module for it (or at least I can’t find it). The device name is /dev/afd0. You can use it like any regular floppy disk (aka mount -t msdos /dev/afd0 /mnt).
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