SYNOPSIS

       jaztool option device [mountdir]
       ziptool option device [mountdir]


DESCRIPTION

       Disk write-protection is done by software for Iomega's JAZ
       and ZIP drives.  jaztool and ziptool make  these  features
       available for Linux. Before performing any protection mode
       changes, it is checked that device is actually  a  JAZ  or
       ZIP  drive  and  that no partition of the inserted disk is
       currently mounted.



OPTIONS

       -e      Eject the disk.

       -ro     Make disk read-only. If the current mode  is  pro­
               tected by a password, you are prompted for it.

       -rp     Make  disk  read-only and protect this mode with a
               password. The maximum length of a password  is  33
               characters.

               WARNING:  Don't forget the password! Otherwise you
               will have to reformat the disk in order to  remove
               write-protection.

       -rw     Remove  any  protection from the disk. If the cur­
               rent mode is protected  by  a  password,  you  are
               prompted for it.

       -ld     Lock the Drive door so the disk cannot be ejected.
               Only works if the disk is already mounted.

       -ud     Unlock the Drive door

       -m      Mount the device dev4 on [dir], then lock the door
               (like -ld)

       -u      Unmount the device dev4.

       -s      Get the current protection status. Supported modes
               are:

                      unprotected
                      write-protected
                      password write-protected


BUGS

       Changing password if the disk is password  write-protected
       is  currently  not  supported.  If  you want to change the
       password now you first have to remove protection from  the
       (grant@torque.net)  and  Itai Nahshon.  jaztool was origi­
       nally   written   by   Bob   Willmot   (bwillmot@cnct.com,
       http://www.cnct.com/~bwillmot).



      Linux tools for Iomega JAZ and ZIP drives Versionziptool(1)

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