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Rewrite JAZ & EZ drive answer for clarity, remove the first person,

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</question>
<answer>
<para>Apart from the IDE version of the EZ drive, these are all
SCSI devices, so they should all look like SCSI disks to
FreeBSD, and the IDE EZ should look like an IDE drive.</para>
<para>They work. Most of these are SCSI devices, so they
look like SCSI disks to FreeBSD. The IDE EZ looks like an
IDE drive.</para>
<para><anchor id="jaz">I am not sure how well FreeBSD supports
changing the media out while running. You will of course need
to dismount the drive before swapping media, and make sure that
any external units are powered on when you boot the system so
FreeBSD can see them.</para>
<para>Make sure that any external units are powered on when
booting the system.</para>
<para>See <link linkend="disklabel">this note on
<quote>formatting</quote></link>.</para>
<para><anchor id="jaz">To change the media while running,
check out &man.mount.8;, &man.umount.8;, and
&man.camcontrol.8; (for SCSI devices) or
&man.atacontrol.8; (for IDE devices), plus the <link
linkend="disklabel">discussion on using removable
drives</link> later in the FAQ.</para>
</answer>
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