9 May
2005
9 May
'05
5:47 p.m.
And the reason it doesn't boot from that drive is
a separate fault?
Maybe it's a non-bootable pack without the "bozo" boot block telling
you it's not bootable.
If the RL02 drive is working right and the heads don't load, I think
it'll spin back down after some finite (measured in tens of seconds)
of time. If the RL02 drive isn't working right then it may indeed end
up in some indeterminate state. Lack of clock from the controller can
cause some rather weird symptoms, as can lack of termination. Sometimes
without termination it works, other times it just spins and never comes
ready....
Tim.