Subject: Re: Jaz/Zip drives (was Re: new 1.2BETA /i386 install floppies and kernels)
To: Sean Berry <spberry@iastate.edu>
From: Rahim Azizarab <ray@tezcat.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/07/1996 13:35:41
On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Sean Berry wrote:

> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 13:00:41 CDT
> From: Sean Berry <spberry@iastate.edu>
> To: Rahim Azizarab <ray@tezcat.com>, port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Jaz/Zip drives (was Re: new 1.2BETA /i386 install floppies and kernels) 
> 
> 
> >I have been thinkering with the idea of making a Jaz/Zip drive bootable.
> >One way, would have to be hacking the bios where it can boot from LPT1.
> >The other option would be putting a hack into a boot manager like lilo.
> >Has anyone given this a thought, or know of any work being done on this?
> 
> Ran just fine on a SCSI zip drive on an Adaptec 2842 (VLB/EISA) card for me.
> --
> Sean Berry is a computer scientist trapped in an engineer's mind.
> I imagine someone is likely to misinterpret my opinions as those of my
> various employers.  This is not the case.
> 
Yes, of course, I will on a scsi, but I am trying to boot from a parallel
port not scsi.
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