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From: jweeks@falcon.inetnebr.com (John Weeks)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: jazz (JAZ) drive
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 00:38:43 GMT
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On Sat, 29 Jun 1996 17:50:22 +1000, Tony Griffiths
<tonyg@onthenet.com.au> wrote:

>Lai L F wrote:
>> 
>> is the jazz drive supported? if yes what driver do i use? can't seem to
>> find anything about it :(
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> ==============================================================================
>> Lai Loong Fong                    |  email:  mailto:scilailf@nus.sg
>> Computational Science Department  |  WWW: http://www.cz3.nus.sg:8100/~lailf
>> National University of Singapore  |       http://s130016.pc.nus.sg
>
>JAZ uses generic SCSI driver!  Just plug it in, reboot and MAKEDEV the
>device to use it.  Of course you have to 'fdisk' and 'disklabel' each
>cartridge before using it.  A somewhat sensible entry in /etc/disktab
>might help with the labeling...
>
>Tony

I've been trying to set up a Jazz disk with no success so far. Mostly
because I don't have any knowledge about configuring raw disk devices.
Is there a disklabel editor that can be run from the booted system
similar to that used by the install program? I've looked for one but
haven't found it if its there. 

Could someone supply specific disklabeling information for setting up
partitions etc? (I think its disklabel you use for that - haven't
played with it for a few weeks.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks,

John Weeks