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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc From: gavanja@ibm.net Subject: Re: Disktab for JAZ / ZIP drive? Reply-To: gavanja@ibm.net References: <5iolgl$491$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <3350d8a1.9934504@news.ozemail.com.au> <33516526.36E5@OntheNet.com.au> X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.135.14.154 Message-ID: <335e0183.0@news1.ibm.net> Date: 23 Apr 97 12:33:07 GMT Lines: 63 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!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!azure.xara.net!xara.net!newsfeed.uk.ibm.net!ibm.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!ibm.net!news1.ibm.net!202.135.14.154 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39586 Sender: gavanja@ibm.net In "disktab" insert the following paragraph. jaz|iomega jaz 1GB G.5512/1:\ :ty=removeable:dt=SCSI:ns#32:nt#64:nc#1021:\ :sc#2048:se#512:rm#5394:sk#0:cs#0:\ :oc#0:pc#2090976:tc=unused:\ :oa#0:pa#2090976:ba#4096:fa#1024:ta=4.2BSD: Attach the JAZ drive to your SCSI interface. You will need to use "scsiformat" for the JAZ cartridge, if you want to use it under FreeBSD, "disklabel" it, and "newfs" it and then mount it but I can assure you that it works. I just set one up in San Jose 2 weeks ago. Don't use the "/stand/sysinstall" interface to do it with though as it does NOT work properly but the command line utilities do however. This is how to create a Jaz cartridge that uses the entire 1Gb in one partition. 1) Find out where your jaz drive lives: Look for 'iomega' in /var/log/messages e.g. /kernel: (ahc0:4:0): "iomega jaz 1GB" type 0 removable SCSI 2 /kernel: sd(?)(ahc0:4:0): Direct-Access 2) Low-level format the cartridge with: scsiformat -w sd(?) (where (?) is the number of the unit .... the format takes several minutes) 3) Add the new entry to /etc/disktab (as above) 4) Label the disk disklabel -r -w sd(?) jaz (the label process takes several minutes) 5) Prepare a filesystem on the disk newfs /dev/sd(?)c 6) Add the disk to /etc/fstab e.g. /dev/sd(?)c /jaz ufs rw,noauto 1 1 7) Make a directory mounting point on the filesystem mkdir /jaz 8) Mount the new disk when needed mount /jaz Good Luck. Gavan Anderson (gavanja@ibm.net)