Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:27:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: DaZE / TriangL <daze@pitel-lnx.ibk.fnt.hvu.nl> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Zip drive installation. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970311172100.258B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970310115412.2905A-100000@pitel-lnx.ibk.fnt.hvu.nl>
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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, DaZE / TriangL wrote: > Wouldn't it be a nice extra for Iomega Zip/Jazz drive owners to be able to > install a future version of any linux distribution from their Zip/Jazz > drive? i think there are enough people interested to implement it :) This ain't Linux, but the idea can still work. To FreeBSD (AFAIK), if you stick a Zip disk in it on bootup, it thinks it's any other SCSI disk. Thus, you could point a DOS install at it, assuming you make a DOS-formatted disk. > I know there are drivers available for several distribution, but as far > as i know there are no distributions around yet which support installing > from Zip/Jazz. Oh, this works for the SCSI version on a supported SCSI controller only. The SCSI controller included with the zip may not be supported at current. I'd have to ask hackers. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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