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> From: "JP Flores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Is a Jaz bootable?
> 
> I have a 1GB External Jaz attached to my 7300/200. I'm not at home right now
> so I can't test it out.. but does anyone know if a Jaz drive is bootable
> from the external bus? I have read around online and pretty much everyone
> says that if the scsi adapter controlling it is bootable, then it is
> bootable.
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> From: Terry Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Is a Jaz bootable?
> 
> Yes, it is bootable. As a side note, if there is a disk in the drive when
> the computer boots, it will mount even without the Iomega driver.
[snip]
> > I have a 1GB External Jaz attached to my 7300/200. I'm not at home right
> now
> > so I can't test it out.. but does anyone know if a Jaz drive is bootable
> > from the external bus? I have read around online and pretty much everyone
> > says that if the scsi adapter controlling it is bootable, then it is
> > bootable.

I had major trouble booting an early 1GB Jazz drive.  Perhaps this is
fixed now.

Note:  SCSI firmware typically makes SCSI devices bootable.  Easy as
pie on a Mac.  It takes an advanced SCSI card on a PC to boot anything
other than the first device!

However, the I-Omega software makes the ZIP/JAZ/etc. drive *stable*. 
You're playing with fire (ie, lost data) running the drive without the
software.  It was never designed to be a boot drive!

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