On Apr 13, 2016, at 11:31 AM, supervinx <supervinx
at libero.it> wrote:
Well... AS/400 scsi drives are recognized by the string IBM AS/400, during the inquiry
phase.
They can be used in a standard PC, if reformatted at 512 bytes/sector, since OS/400 use
520 bytes/sector.
If they come unformatted or degaussed, you can reformat it at 520 under a *nix system
with sg_utils (e.g. Linux) and used (I tried it successfully on different AS/400 systems).
I thought someone said you couldn't reformat AS/400 drives? Also, degaussing would
destroy the servo data, assuming the drives have that which I expect they do (pretty much
everything newer than an RK05 does). Only servo writing machines in media factories can
restore that stuff if it's destroyed or damaged.
paul