| From: | parcival |
| Date: | 26 Jan 2031 at 05:19:42 |
| Subject: | HD Questions-Slightly OT |
In a message of 24 May 99 Kennedy, Bob wrote to 'amigaOS3_5@egroups.com':
KB> I'm prepping an A3000 for OS 3.5 (the ROM's aren't in yet.) I found a
KB> used Maxtor MXT-540S half gig HD & tried to prep it on my OS 3.1 A2000
KB> with GVP Combo revision 4.4 SCSI controller. The drive data comes up
KB> nicely in the GVP prep software,
General advise: Don't mix and match prep software if you use one stick to
it don't use GVP prep one time and hdtoolbox the next time on the same drive.
KB> but the drive seems write protected. I
KB> set up the partition and try to write the RDB, but nothing happens. My
KB> local Amiga dealer recalls seeing some network boot HD's with a jumper
KB> for write protection. Is this a possibility?
Yes that's possible.
Write protect pins
If the write protect pin is jumpered to ground, the drive will inhibit
SCSI commands that alter the customer data area portion of the media
from being performed.
KB> (BTW, the firmware claims that the drive is an IBM.)
KB> Drive date: IBM model MXT 540SL !N Rev. JA6I
KB> 2238 cylinders 7 heads
KB> sectors 68 blocks 106912
You're lucky then IBM has a detailed database of just about any drive it
made with all the jumper settings operational limits etc.
It's somewhere around http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/
(still got the pages i downloaded for my IBM 0662S12 (jumper settings were
at http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/0662s/0662sjum.htm so don't
yell if above link doesn't work it's gestimated)
KB> While I'm here, has anyone used an HP D3635-60062 JK5-SCSI drive? This
KB> is a one gig drive that came out of a 486 HP brand server. I know it
KB> worked when I pulled it. On the GVP card & on a 2091 it allows booting,
KB> but locks the system when polled by just about any SCSI software I know.
The ibm drive i have will lock up the buss when it not called in sync transfer
mode, maybe something similar is happening in your case.
deGroeten
Dirk [*]
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