--- name: "jaztool" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "jaztool" version: "1.0-3" release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/jaztool" --- # jaztool(1) utility to manipulate Iomega JAZ drives ## NAME jaztool - utility to manipulate Iomega JAZ drives ## SYNOPSIS **jaztool \ \** ## DESCRIPTION is a utility that allows manipulation of an Iomega JAZ drive. \ must be the full name of a scsi device, eg: /dev/sdc, note that you must not specify a partition on the device. \ can be one of: - **eject** \- ejects the disk in the drive - **ro** \- puts the disk into read-only mode, and ejects - **rw** \- puts the disk into read-write mode, and ejects - **status** \- prints the read/write status of the disk If the disk is in a password protected mode, you will be prompted for a password when you attempt to change the mode. This version of jaztool does not officially support putting the disk into the password protected read-only mode, but the command 'PWRO' will do this if you are really sure that you want to. REMEMBER: if you forget the password, you will not be able to put the disk back into read-write mode. NOTE: The JAZ drive also supports a protection mode 5, under which the disk is neither readable nor writable until it is unlocked with a password. This program cannot unlock a disk in mode 5 - as Linux is unable to open a disk that is not readable. To support this feature would require patching the Linux kernel. (And therefore, there is no command to put a disk into this mode, either.) Whenever you change the write-protection mode, jaztool ejects the disk. This is done to ensure that Linux will recheck the mode before it attempts to use the disk again. ## AUTHOR This program was written by Bob Willmot, and is maintained for Debian Linux by Bdale Garbee. ## SEE ALSO See http://www.cnct.com/~bwillmot/jaztool/ for more information. A copy of the JAZ drive mini-HOWTO is included in /usr/doc/jaztool for your convenience.