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Date:      Tue, 26 Aug 1997 19:57:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Jaz support
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970826195641.4255J-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199708261915.QAA02185@dragon.acadiau.ca>

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On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Michael Richards wrote:

> Hi!
> I have a Jaz drive on which I hope to back up a freebsd server from time to
> time. The problem is... the server sits 100 miles away. Does anyone know how
> to eject a jaz disk after it is unmounted? Thus, I can have someone push the
> disk in once a week, and I can run a backup then eject it so the backup
> cannot be compromised if the system is.
> I know linux (did I say a bad word?) has a jazztools program that will allow
> this. Anyone know of a port? I would prefer to use native bsd, not emulated
> progs.

Well, all you need to know is the SCSI command to eject it, then you can
use the scsi(8) program to issue it.  The author of the jazztools package
should be able to give this to you.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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