3 Dec
1999
3 Dec
'99
2:09 p.m.
I hope this is on topic, it can't be far off ;=)
I am trying to install NetBSD on my MicroVAX 3100. I would like to
install it on the RZ56 which is in its own expansion box. The problem,
or so I am told, is that the drive as it is needs to be told to spin up
and NetBSD doesn't do that.
It has been suggested that there might be a jumper to tell it to spin up
automatically. Does anyone here know if that is the case, and if so,
where it is?
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Pete
3 Dec
3 Dec
2:47 p.m.
I am trying to install NetBSD on my MicroVAX 3100. I
would like to
install it on the RZ56 which is in its own expansion box. The problem,
or so I am told, is that the drive as it is needs to be told to spin up
and NetBSD doesn't do that.
Do a >>>show dev as that has to spin it up to talk to it.
It has been suggested that there might be a jumper to
tell it to spin up
automatically. Does anyone here know if that is the case, and if so,
where it is?
No there isn't that I can remember.
Allison
3:16 p.m.
I hope this is on topic, it can't be far off ;=)
I am trying to install NetBSD on my MicroVAX 3100. I would like to
install it on the RZ56 which is in its own expansion box. The problem,
or so I am told, is that the drive as it is needs to be told to spin up
and NetBSD doesn't do that.
It has been suggested that there might be a jumper to tell it to spin up
automatically. Does anyone here know if that is the case, and if so,
where it is?
Just tell the machine to boot off the RZ56, it should spin it up, and then
fail to boot. I use this method with a 3rd party drive on a AlphaStation
200.
Where I've got real problems is with my PDP-11/73 and /44 if I've got DEC
two RZ56's hooked up. They'll spin up the first drive, but not the second.
Zane
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