[SPARCbook] Solaris 2.6 and Iomega Jazz drive?

Michael Lorenz ml at rz.uni-potsdam.de
Mon Aug 28 01:36:05 CDT 2000


Greetins !

>   First post for me; I just aquired an old SPARCbook 3xp with 64mb RAM,
> 810mb HDD.  I'd like to know if it's possible to use an Iomega Jazz drive to
> increase the storage space.  I've loaded Solaris 2.6 and all patches from
> Sun as well as the recommended packages and patches from Tadpole.  I don't
> have a Jazz drive yet, and I can't really justify getting one (even at eBay
> prices) if it will only work on my PC.  If it will work on the SPARCbook
> too, without needing to buy special drivers from Iomega, then I'll get one.

Well, that could be difficult or not.
I have a ZIP drive that works with NetBSD ( on a HP9000/345 ) without
any driver, the kernel just finds a SCSI device with removable media. On
the other hand - Solaris doesn't like it a bit, the kernel freezes when
it sees a ZIP ( someone said that is could be a conflict with the SCSI
floppy driver ). The OpenBOOT has no problems - probe-scsi finds the
drive without any hazzle. 
So you may be lucky or not - I would give it a try but make sure you get
your money back when Solaris doesn't like it...

bye
Michael







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