From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 12 17:26:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA09033 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 17:26:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA09028 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 17:26:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA13721; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 11:54:51 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701130124.LAA13721@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Can you install and run FreeBSD on a Iomega Jaz cartridge? In-Reply-To: <199701121856.LAA25908@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jan 12, 97 11:56:35 am" To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 11:54:50 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, Gregory_D_Moncreaff@ccmail.ed.ray.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > This is where you may have problems; many BIOSsen don't consider the > > Jaz to be a 'bootable' device, because it reports itself as being a > > removable. > > It would have to be an old SCSI controller for this... I have an NCR > and an AHA1742 that both work... I've tried mine on an NCR, Bustek BT542 and Ultrastor 34f, and none of them will boot from it, presumably because it says it's a removable. > I believe you can rejumper it so it does not report itself this way. Do you believe in fairies too? The Jaz is designed for musicians; all of the controls are hard-to-get at, and do very little, in order to reduce their support load. Your options are : SCSI ID, termination off/auto/on. You might be able to change more if you pull it apart; I still have warranty-related delusions about mine so I'm not going to do that 8) > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[