Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:27:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: fcawth@squid.umd.edu (Fred Cawthorne) Cc: peter@bonkers.taronga.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZIP drives Message-ID: <199507171728.KAA11434@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <9507171502.AA13546@squid.umd.edu> from "Fred Cawthorne" at Jul 17, 95 11:02:53 am
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It should work.. as soon as it can load the disklabel then it trusts that for the geometry etc. > > > The Iomega ZIP drive looks just big enough to let me install FreeBSD on one, > > using the live file system CD, to let me do test installs and stuff pretty > > cheapl ($20 per 100M cartridge). Has anyone any input into this? > > > I have used it with a NCR scsi controller and an UltraStor 14f. There > are some warnings from the NCR controller, but I don't remember seeing > them with the Ultrastor. > (When it is probed or a disk is changed, I get: > sd2(ncr0:6:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB > sd2 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry > ) > > Especially: has anyone used one under FreeBSD, or booted from one? > > > I have used it with FreeBSD to store stuff and install from, and I have > installed FreeBSD and booted from it. You may have to boot from the > floppy and give it the right root device though. (Depending on what > your scsi controller does about booting) It makes a nice "emergency" > system to boot BSD and reformat your hard drive, etc... > > Fred. > > >
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