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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:02:54 -0700
From: Mark Smith <msmith@iea.com>
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Brian Somers wrote:

> Is your JAZ scsi ?  For that matter, are all JAZs scsi - I don't know.
> If it is, send a follow up and I'll ask him for specifics - or get him
> to post.  If it isn't (are there paralell JAZ drives?), I wouldn't
> really be surprised that it doesn't work - the golden rule is that
> you can't boot from a device that your BIOS can't read at boot time.

PMJI, I didn't ask the JAZ question, but I AM interested in the answer!

Yes, all JAZ drives are SCSI.  There aren't any parallel JAZ drives. a
friend of mine just put one on his Amoeba, Ah, Amiga. <G>

Mark