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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!delphi.com!usenet From: Jim Nelson <smartsignal@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: jazz (JAZ) drive Date: Fri, 13 Sep 96 09:43:26 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 16 Message-ID: <hrOyrfO.smartsignal@delphi.com> References: <4r0f1r$nod@nuscc.nus.sg> <31D4E03E.2781@onthenet.com.au> <3238abb8.2757649@news.inetnebr.com> <51b4u7$h0i@news.cdsnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1b.delphi.com X-To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@schizo.cdsnet.net> Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@schizo.cdsnet.net> writes: >It's pretty straightforward. Find the device (sdX -- from the output of dmesg) >then run "scsiformat sdX", which will low level format the disk, and get rid >of the software right protection. > > >Then after the format is finished, run "disklabel -r -w sdX auto", >then "newfs /dev/rsdXc", and go crazy. Thank you, Thank you. I asked for the same details a while back and didn't hear much. I'm using the jaz as a boot drive now - because I got tired of trashing file systems when the jaz drive went to sleep. As the bsd root device it doesn't have the opportunity to do so.