Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-13 Thread Rick Forrester
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > On the other hand, I've had very good luck with ZIP disks (which use > floppy media). I've got four ZIP drives and have never had a single > sector go bad in over a year of use. Other people have reported some > sort of "clicking death" problem, but I've never seen

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
Chris Fishwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone out there got any experience with the Iomega Jaz drives?? Yes. I've got five Jaz drives, and I'd be delighted to sell all of them and get some of my money back. They all seemed to work at first, but over a period

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-10 Thread James Hartley
Chris Fishwick wrote: > Hi all, > Anyone out there got any experience with the Iomega Jaz drives?? > I just brought one, and the disks won't spin up.. just wondering if this > is a Linux problem or a drive problem.. I am running kernel 2.0.33, and > using the Jaz Jet

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-10 Thread Chris Fishwick
> You did of course call modprobe after editing the conf.module file with the > appropriate alias. > > alias scsi_hostadapter advansys > > didn't you?That is all I had to do to get mine to work. Nope, I compiled the SCSI support into the kernel as opposed to a module, in which case I should

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-10 Thread James Hartley
Chris Fishwick wrote: > > Mine works just fine. As far as Linux is concerned, your Jaz drive is > > just like any other (removable) SCSI hard disk. Make sure your SCSI > > hardware is configured correctly, and make sure you have a working power > > connector to the drive. If it's not even spinnin

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-08 Thread Chris Fishwick
> Mine works just fine. As far as Linux is concerned, your Jaz drive is > just like any other (removable) SCSI hard disk. Make sure your SCSI > hardware is configured correctly, and make sure you have a working power > connector to the drive. If it's not even spinning up, it's something in > the h

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-08 Thread Larry Lade
Chris Fishwick wrote: > > Hi all, > Anyone out there got any experience with the Iomega Jaz drives?? > I just brought one, and the disks won't spin up.. just wondering if this > is a Linux problem or a drive problem.. I am running kernel 2.0.33, and > using th

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-08 Thread Chris Fishwick
Hi Tim.. > Some questions for you (forgive me if they are obvious...) Do you have > SCSI block device support in your kernel? Well, I have SCSI turned on (obviously), and support for SCSI Disk and SCSI Generic, there is no SCSI block par se... > Do the disks mount okay? Nope.. they don't mo

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-08 Thread tjferrell
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Chris Fishwick wrote: > Hi all, > Anyone out there got any experience with the Iomega Jaz drives?? > I just brought one, and the disks won't spin up.. just wondering if this > is a Linux problem or a drive problem.. I am running kernel 2.0.33, and &g

Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-08 Thread Chris Fishwick
Hi all, Anyone out there got any experience with the Iomega Jaz drives?? I just brought one, and the disks won't spin up.. just wondering if this is a Linux problem or a drive problem.. I am running kernel 2.0.33, and using the Jaz Jet PCI SCSI Card (with the advansys chipset).. the

Re: SCSI and IOmega Jaz drives.

1998-03-06 Thread Troy D. Taylor
I am using an Adaptec 2940 UW. with an internal jaz drive. I know this card is funny but I have also tried other SCSI cards to no avail What is the best SCSI card to use with Redhat 4.2??? Is the tape backup media of choice for SCSI a 4mm DAT? Thanks for your time! Troy Taylor System Adm

Re: SCSI and IOmega Jaz drives.

1998-03-06 Thread Larry Lade
>Has anyone else had problems with the Jaz drive and Redhat Linux? > >I specific problem I have is after the Jaz spins down. I get scsi errors >trying to access the drive from a crontab entry. I have tried accessing >the drive just a few moments before to "wake up" the jaz drive, to no avail. >

RE: SCSI and IOmega Jaz drives.

1998-03-05 Thread Richmond, Jeff
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 05, 1998 5:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: SCSI and IOmega Jaz drives. Troy D. Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Has anyone else had problems with the Jaz drive and Redh

Re: SCSI and IOmega Jaz drives.

1998-03-05 Thread Bill Nottingham
Troy D. Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Has anyone else had problems with the Jaz drive and Redhat Linux? > > I specific problem I have is after the Jaz spins down. I get scsi errors > trying to access the drive from a crontab entry. I have tried accessing > the drive just a few moments befo

SCSI and IOmega Jaz drives.

1998-03-05 Thread Troy D. Taylor
Has anyone else had problems with the Jaz drive and Redhat Linux? I specific problem I have is after the Jaz spins down. I get scsi errors trying to access the drive from a crontab entry. I have tried accessing the drive just a few moments before to "wake up" the jaz drive, to no avail. After