17 Dec
2007
17 Dec
'07
8:47 a.m.
On Dec 17, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Jules Richardson wrote:
Brings back memories - the first pair of SCSI drives I
ran "in
anger" on a PC were surplus from an Origin 2k, in about 1998 or so.
Those were SGI-supplied SCA-connector units - one was a 9GB and the
other was just over 4 (4.3GB I think).
Both were IBM drives, although the drive firmware was custom so
that they reported themselves as SGI in response to an inquiry
command - it makes me wonder if at least some SGI models check for
this and will barf on drives that they don't think are 'SGI approved'?
I've used quite a few "non-SGI" drives in quite a few SGI systems,
and have never seen one complain.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007