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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!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!europa.clark.net!newsfeed2!news.easystreet.com!not-for-mail From: tedm@portsoft.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: iomega JAZ + iomega SCSI Date: 17 Apr 1997 06:16:04 GMT Organization: Easystreet Online Services Lines: 28 Message-ID: <5j4f74$sjc$9@easystreet03> References: <5ivubt$7m7@usenet78.supernews.com> Reply-To: tedm@portsoft.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.portsoft.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39198 In <5ivubt$7m7@usenet78.supernews.com>, "Osama ALASSIRY" <osama@alassiry.com> writes: >HI FreeBSD Gurus!!! > > >I have a win95 computer, and wanted to give FreeBSD a try (to actually use >it for some time...), the problem is that I don't have enough space on my >IDE hard disk, so thought about making a FreeBSD Jaz Disk.... > >After disabling my IDE drive (CMOS Setup) and enabling Jaz's bootable >option, i usually get the os on the jaz disk (tried it on w95 , and >DOS/wfw)....... > >When trying to install FreeBSD, it DETECTS MY IDE DRIVE (isn't it >disabled???) and IGNORES MY JAZ! > >what can I do??? Even if it detects the IDE controller if it detects the jaz SCSI controller then it will give you an option to install on the SCSI device. The only thing that matters on booting is what the CMOS says is drive 0, if you can get your CMOS to read a bootstrap off the jaz drive you should be able to boot FreeBSD off of it. Are you setting the SCSI interrupt and port to one that doesen't conflict with the IDE controller interrupt and ports? Having never used an IOMEGA scsi controller card, I don't know what kind of chipset it has in it so I can't tell you if it's supported under FreeBSD.