From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 18 23:33:04 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA05699 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:33:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.84]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA05694 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:33:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00303; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:32:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:32:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Phoenix Rising cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FAQ addition? In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961218214648.006ab974@digital.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Phoenix Rising wrote: > This was sent earlier today to Peter daSilva, who probably > is not the right person to answer this hardware type question. > Ahhh, the perils of maintaining a FAQ :-) My only holdup on > a virtual domain at this time is discussion as to shell access > and I had the brilliant idea :) I'd just install FreeBSD and > do it myself, to heck with all of the ISPs out there each with > a different set of rules. I *do* realize I need ot use 35-60MB > of my boot disk (my SCSI hard disk) and I saw my Adaptec card > on your list of accepted hardware, will assume a Micropolis > 3243AV SCSI 4.29GB drive will also be supported. What I want > to do however, is run FreeBSD off a Jaz cartridge/disk (1GB > removable storage from iOmega) I don't see *any* support for > removable storage except CD-ROM, which isn't really "removable > storage" ;-] I suspect this will be tricky on two counts: 1. Your SCSI controller must see this as a disk and thus must be able to map it as a normal drive. Needless to say, you won't be able to eject the disc unless you want really bad things to happen. 2. Setting the geometry for the Jaz is tricky since it doesn't implement mode sense. I think you just take it as FreeBSD thinks it is, but check the questions and hardware list archives on http://www.freebsd.org/ to see if someone's tackled this already. > I bought my Jaz for cross-platform compatibilty (I'm on a Pentium > and want to work with Mac's and Unix boxes) so I am suspecting > FreeBSD will handle it just like it would any SCSI hard disk, but > if it *won't* then I can't consider running my own Unix box to > be a viable solution to my domain/ISP-rules problem and will > have to hold off on going with FreeBSD due to budget concerns. > I'd *really* appreciate an honest answer and timely one ;) I've > been searching around for answers on this for nearly two weeks, > and to me, after 12 years online, hours is too long, not weeks! > I know, I'm spoiled. The Jaz will work anyway; it's whether the boot loader can find and boot it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major