27 Jan
1998
27 Jan
'98
8:57 a.m.
I'm trying to get NetBSD ona uVAX 2000. I was using
the wrong numbers in the disklabel. Now that I've figured that out,
the computer has antoher trick for me - I power it on, the RD53 spins up,
reaches top speed, and spins down before the CPU checkout finishes.
Did I kill a timing track or soemthing?
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29 Jan
29 Jan
7:13 a.m.
Isn't that the standard failure mode of the RD53
(aka the Micropolis
1300-series)? The head actuator sticks, and the drive can't find the
right servo tracks when it spins up...
Or it could be a weak brake solenoid. This is easily fixed as well.
I had a sick RD53 and this was the reason - it'd been working for over a
year after moving the brake solenoid back a bit. The brake was not
retracting far enough to completely clear the motor spindle assembly.
Kevin
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