Richard wrote:
OK, on closer look it appears as though these Eve
drives might be
ESDI/ST-506 and not SCSI. If they are ESDI, how could I archive them?
I think ESDI didn't have (but I could be wrong... brain bit rot and
all... been
a while since I used ESDI) the problems in moving drives between conrollers
like MFM and RLL. Although you might still have the possibility of an
odd blocksize that might give you problems.
If this is correct you could hang the ESDI drive off a SCSI-ESDI bridge then
on a SCSI bus to image it... or use a PC with a good ESDI controller,
and make
the image there.
If course if ESDI had similar problems to MFM/RLL in moving drives between
different controllers, all bets are off.... I only used ESDI for a
short time, but
I thought they had 'fixed' that problem vs the MFM/RLL drive days... but I
could be wrong... maybe someone who had more ESDI experience could
comment on moving drives between different controllers.
-- Curt