Re: ZIP/JAZZ on Sparc5/Sparc10

Dean V. Carlson (carlson@purdue.edu)
Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:47:51 -0500

To those AMMRL members interested in using removable media scsi devices
with Sun systems:

I am using a program from the net that allows use of Jaz drives as
rmscsi (removable scsi media) via volume management. It works (we're
using Solaris 2.5.1 w/Recommended patches through 4/97) but it isn't
completely robust. I have been told that Solaris 2.6, due out in
August, will have built-in support for this type of media.

If you can't wait for 2.6, I'd recommend looking at
http://blackhole.eas.asu.edu/zip/, which I found trying to re-locate
the URL for the unsupported program I'm using. The blackhole site lists
programs to support zip & jaz drives under Solaris2.x, SunOS 4.1.x,
Linux, and HP-UX.

-- 
Dean V. Carlson, Ph.D.
Director of NMR Services
Purdue University Department of Chemistry
carlson@purdue.edu


Carlos Roberto Nogueira Pacheco wrote:
> 
>       Dear AMMRL members:
>       Following the request of Dr. Huang, I would like to know if anyone
> have already mounted a ZIP/JAZZ drive on Sparc5/Sparc10 workstations. We
> would like to back our data up in one of these devices.
> 
>        Thanks in advance for any information.
> 
>        Carlos R. N. Pacheco
> 
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