Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 17:46:28 -0800 (PST) From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> Cc: Dale Ghent <daleg@elemental.org>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Jazz disks (was: Re: Minor annoyances with ZIP Plus) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980126174551.14904W-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199801261808.LAA13940@pluto.plutotech.com>
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Just scsifmt the little suckers, and the ro bit goes away. Use dozens of them this way. Or low-level format them from the Adapter BIOS. Either way. On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > > >One off-topic question I have.... is there a utility around you can use to > >turn off RO on a Jazz disk? The setup isa bit retarded... there no shutter > >you open or close to wrte-protect a jaxx disk... You have to make the disk > >that comes with the drive rw by using a windows-only utility. Is there > >something comperable to theis util I can compile up and use to unlock the > >disk? > > > > -Dale > > Unfortunately I don't own a Jaz, but if I could get my hands on one I > could sniff the SCSI bus and write a program to do it. My guess is that > it's a vendor specific command, but there may be something in the SCSI > spec to do this. > > -- > Justin > >
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