From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 18 15:45:46 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA10387 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 15:45:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA10382 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 15:45:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id KAA01790; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:15:36 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612182345.KAA01790@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: iOmega Jaz drive support? In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961218220902.006a59c4@digital.net> from Phoenix Rising at "Dec 18, 96 05:09:02 pm" To: phoenix@digital.net (Phoenix Rising) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:15:35 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Phoenix Rising stands accused of saying: > > (1) Does FreeBSD support iOmega Jaz drives at all? Yes. I have one. > (2) Can I install/run FreeBSD off a Jaz disk the same > way (or similarly to) one runs it off a CD-ROM? You can't run FreeBSD off a CD-ROM. You can indeed use the Jaz for FreeBSD, and if the Adaptec sees it as one of the first two BIOS disks you may even be able to boot from it. Note that while the Jaz is mounted, you can't change disks, and if you use it as a system disk (ie. any of /, /var or /usr on it) you won't be able to swap it while FreeBSD is running. > Sarah R. Yoffa - PGP Ver. 2.6.2 Public Key ID D023E649 -- ]] 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 [[