28 Apr
2014
28 Apr
'14
3:35 a.m.
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 09:21:12PM +0100, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I have some SCSI disks with unknown contents which I
would like to check
before overwriting them. I don't even know what OS they were used with. The
only systems I have to hand with SCSI are MicroVAXen, so I can check them for
VMS format without issue. However, for the ones that are not VMS format I
would need a way to find out what format they are.
If you're in or near London, I can image them on my rig and have a crack at
decoding the contents. It worked well enough for recovering one of Liam's
knackered RAID5 arrays :)
[...]
Another way would be to use a PC SCSI adapter. I
don't have one yet, but I
think I will get one. I like the look of the Adaptec 2940AU.
Adaptec certainly seem to be the least-sucky of the PC SCSI adaptors I've
tried. You will still need a black goat and a silver knife though, as with any
kind of SCSI.
(SAS is an improvement in that it will accept frozen goat blood and doesn't
need fresh.)