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- From: ajc@pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: Running RZ55's on non-DEC machines?
- Message-ID: <AJC.92Aug13151849@thendara.pa.dec.com>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 22:18:49 GMT
- Article-I.D.: thendara.AJC.92Aug13151849
- References: <TYTSO.92Aug12010651@SOS.mit.edu>
- <1992Aug12.091140.58076@cc.usu.edu> <1992Aug12.180111.28254@PA.dec.com>
- Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Lines: 34
- In-Reply-To: heiney@pa.dec.com's message of Wed, 12 Aug 92 18:01:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug12.180111.28254@PA.dec.com> heiney@pa.dec.com (Bob Heiney)
- writes:
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- >> If you have an ULTRIX system, you can connect the RZ55 and
- >> run "rzdisk -c ask /dev/rrz3c" (assuming the RZ55 was SCSI id 3).
- >> Go to the last page of parameters, change the spin up on power on
- >> field. See rzdisk(8) for more info.
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- >> I know there are PC programs that can do the same thing, but I don't
- >> know how to get them (I'm not a PC guru).
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- Folks,
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- Since the RZ55 drives do not have a jumper to set spin up on power up,
- setting the characteristic as outlined above is probably the only way to
- do it. Some DEC drives do have such a jumper, the RZ55 just doesn't happen
- to be one of them.
-
- Thanx,
- AJ
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