Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:06:52 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: terry@lambert.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, Gregory_D_Moncreaff@ccmail.ed.ray.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can you install and run FreeBSD on a Iomega Jaz cartridge? Message-ID: <199701132006.NAA28137@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199701130124.LAA13721@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jan 13, 97 11:54:50 am
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> > > 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. I think you are insane. 8-). I use the "turbo" switch on my front panel to swap drive ID's between my internal DEC disk and my JAZ drive (0/2, 2/0) (the idea of doing this came from Mike Mayberry). I boot Solaris, NetBSD, and OpenBSD off of the JAZ drive with the "turbo" button "on". I use a portable (SCSI) JAZ drive for my HP300 (actually, 425) 68040 work. I boot the HP from the drive, no problems. I also boot my DEC Alpha from the JAZ drive; the DEC Alpha has an NCR810 on the motherboard. For the HP and the Alpha, the boot code is very different; for one thing, it's not Intel code. But the boot from the JAZ on the Intel box (my Dual P90 box) works fine for the NCR 810 there. Maybe you need to update your flash BIOS image to a more recent version? Or you are using an NCR 815/825 with onboard BIOS? My NCR BIOS is on my ASUS motherboard... I'd have to reboot to see the exact rev. (I will if you need it... let me know for sure). > 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. Heh... I don't think, after looking at a Kawai Km, which expects it's SCSI device to not return until the low level format is complete, that *any* IOmega drive is built for musicians. A number of Yahama boxes expect the same thing from their SCSI devices as well, and since the Bernoulli days, IOmega drives have detached following format. > 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) Heh. There are half-size jumpers on the bottom of the internal version of the drive... you should have bought your own shoebox and an internal instead of buying an external... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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