Subject: Re: jaz drive questions
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 03 2001 - 10:30:56 MST
On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Mark Brethen wrote:
> I have a couple questions about the jaz drive in my beige G3:
>
> 1) Can I format jaz disks from within linux (i.e. 'ext2' format).
>
Yes, same as any other disk.
> 2) If I have both hfs and ext2 formatted disks, how do I set-up fstab to
> mount either? I put the following line in fstab, which works for hsf disks
> only:
>
> /dev/sdc /mnt/jaz hfs noauto,rw,user 0 0
>
# You can use any mount points you'd like, these are for ease for my poor
# addled mind sometimes
/dev/sdc /mnt/jaz/hfs hfs noauto,rw,user 0 0
/dev/sdc /mnt/jaz/ext2 ext2 noauto,rw,user 0 0
/dev/sdc /mnt/jaz/dos msdos noauto,rw,user 0 0
# mount the ext2 partition on the Jaz
mount /mnt/jaz/ext2
# mount the hfs partition on the Jaz
mount /mnt/jaz/hfs
Etc....
Also look into autofs (man autofs should tell you everything you need to
know), which will automatically mount the drive whenever you use it,
useful if you're flipping Jaz carts around a lot. Less load then the
tradtional amd. It's easy to setup and should be compiled into the kernel
already. Also handy for floppies :)
-n
--...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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