Jaz-drive HOWTO

Herbert S. DaSilva

1. Introduction

• 1.1 History
• 1.2 Latest Version
• 1.3 Copyrights and Trademarks
• 1.4 Acknowledgements and Thanks

2. Jaz Hardware

• 2.1 The Jaz Drives
• 2.2 The Jaz "Disks"
• 2.3 The Jaz Jet Host Adapter
• 2.4 Other SCSI Host Adapters
• 2.5 Kernel Driver Issues

3. Identifying the Jaz Drive

• 3.1 During Power-On Test
• 3.2 During Boot
• 3.3 Device Name

4. Using a Jaz Disk

• 4.1 DOS Formatted Disks
• 4.2 Repartitioned DOS Jaz Disks
• 4.3 Linux-Native Jaz Disks
• 4.4 Checking Linux-Native Jaz Disks
• 4.5 Using the fstab to Make Things Easier
• 4.6 The Jaz "tools" Disk

5. Linux Utilities for Jaz Drives

• 5.1 jaztool
• 5.2 jaZip

6. Booting from a Jaz Cartridge

• 6.1 BIOS Issues
• 6.2 Installing Linux on a Jaz Cartridge