Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 17:03:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> Cc: Fred Cawthorne <fcawth@squid.umd.edu>, peter@bonkers.taronga.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZIP drives Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950718170243.12198B-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199507171728.KAA11434@ref.tfs.com>
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On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, Julian Elischer wrote: Do any of you guys have a disktab entry for a zip disk drive, assuming the entire 100 megs is used? > 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. > > > > > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0) and n3lxx (301) 220-2114 | (FreeBSD 1.1.5.1) and am I happy! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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