At 07:36 -0700 2005/08/24, James Fraser wrote: >While we're on the subject of money pits, I'm also having problems mounting >Jaz carts. I just uncrated about 6 carts that I had (eventually) planned to >use to archive my drive before decomissioning it. Of course, of the six, I >can only get *one* cart to mount. Getting the machine to recognize the >drive itself is not a problem, just the carts. Is there some painfully >obvious step I'm overlooking to get the other 5 to mount properly? I have >always treated Zips/Jaz carts as large floppies, I'm afraid.
If you're thinking of using Jaz or Zip cartridges as archival storage, your just asking for trouble. They're extremely unreliable. If you need something for archival storage, get yourself a slow, cheap used CD-R drive -- unless you can afford a new, fast one! You can fit the contents of 6 Jaz carts on 9 CD-R disks which should cost you a total of about $2 if you buy them in quantity, $3 or $4 otherwise. At that price, you can afford to make two or three copies of important files and keep them in different places. Also, you should keep the drive that you're "decomissioning"! It should be at least as likely to be readable in the future as any Jaz cartridge would be. - Aaron -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
