Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:38:35 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, 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: <199701140108.LAA21604@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199701132006.NAA28137@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jan 13, 97 01:06:52 pm"
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > > > 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 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). Fair enough. I use the same switch to enable/disable the BIOS on the Bt542 because it takes an annoyingly long time to decide that there are no disks on the bus. > I boot Solaris, NetBSD, and OpenBSD off of the JAZ drive with > the "turbo" button "on". Fair enough. Perhaps there is some other bogon in my system that causes it not to work. > 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? No, it's an 810 on a board without flashable 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). All of the ones I've ever seen report themselves as "NCR SDMS 3.0". > 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. Who formats SCSI drives? How many musicians even know it's possible? 8) > 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... I couldn't find a shoebox that would fit in my satchel, or for that matter one with a universal power supply. I need to be able to travel with mine. > 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 [[
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