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<TITLE>Jaz-drive HOWTO: Introduction</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="Introduction"></A> <A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>The Iomega Jaz drive is a removable-media disk drive whose disks have a
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capacity of 1 or 2 Gigabytes. Unlike the Zip drive, the Jaz is only
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available as a SCSI device (internal or external), so a SCSI interface card
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and driver are required to use these drives.
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<H2><A NAME="History"></A> <A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 History</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Much of this HOWTO evolved from what was created by the previous author,
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Bob Willmot, (who can now be reached at
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<A HREF="mailto:bob@willmot.com">bob@willmot.com</A>), who maintained
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the HOWTO through version 1.6, with contributions and information from the
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following people:
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<LI>Grant Gunther, grant@torque.net</LI>
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<LI>Tom Poindexter, tpoindex@nyx.net</LI>
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<LI>Todd Woods, woods@cs.uiowa.edu</LI>
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<LI>Richard B. Melrose, rbm@math.mit.edu</LI>
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<LI>Phil Howard, phil@charon.milepost.com</LI>
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<LI>Rick Niess, rniess@ocean.st.usm.edu</LI>
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</UL>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Latest Version</A>
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</H2>
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<P>The latest version of this document can be found on my homepage
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<A HREF="http://www.ultranet.com/~hsd/HOWTO/">http://www.ultranet.com/~hsd/HOWTO/</A>
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where you will find the HTML version, suitable for browsing, a PostScript
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version, suitable for printing, and the SGML source.
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Other versions may be found in different formats at the LDP homepage
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">http://www.linuxdoc.org/</A>.
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<H3>Version History</H3>
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<P>v1.8, 12 January 2000
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<LI>Fixed an incorrect HTTP link</LI>
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<LI>Added clarification to jaztool code for 2Gb drives</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>v1.7, 18 November 1999
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<UL>
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<LI>Converted to SGML</LI>
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<LI>Added info for 2Gb drives</LI>
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<LI>Added fstab entry examples</LI>
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<LI>General freshening up</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>If you have any comments/suggestions/corrections please send them to:
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Herb DaSilva
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<A HREF="mailto:hsd@ma.ultranet.com">at Home</A> or
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(if you <EM>must</EM> have fast response)
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<A HREF="mailto:herb@aoainc.com">at Work</A>.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 Copyrights and Trademarks</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Copyright © 2000,1999 Herbert S. DaSilva
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<P>This manual may be reproduced in whole or in part, without fee, subject
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to the following restrictions:
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<LI>The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be
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preserved complete on all complete or partial copies</LI>
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<LI>Any translation or derived work must be approved by the author in
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writing before distribution.</LI>
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<LI>If you distribute this work in part, instructions for obtaining the
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complete version of this manual must be included, and a means for obtaining
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a complete version provided.</LI>
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<LI>Small portions may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or
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quotes in other works without this permission notice if proper citation is
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given.</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>Exceptions to these rules may be granted for academic purposes: Write to
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the author and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as authors,
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not to restrict you as learners and educators. All source code in this
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document is placed under the GNU General Public License, available via
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anonymous FTP from
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<A HREF="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/GNU/COPYING">the GNU archive site</A>.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 Acknowledgements and Thanks</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Thanks to Stephan Burlot, stephan.burlot@edicom.ch, for pointing out
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the error (or lack of clarity) in the 2Gb patch to jaztool that was
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fixed in version 1.8.
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<P>My thanks go out to Mark F. Komarinski for his "HOWTO-HOWTO" - This
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LDP author was helped Mark, you did your job. ;-)
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