SCSI floppies

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_monmouth.com>
Date: Fri Dec 25 22:30:22 1998

> > It's possible to make the drive autostart; it's some sort of settable
> > option in the drive's firmware. The only program I've seen to manipulate
> > it, however, is rzdisk on the MIPS-based DECstations. Using rzdisk under
> > Ultrix, you can configure the drive to spin up on power on. I believe
> > there's also a version of RZDISK available for Alpha VMS, but I've not
> > encountered it there.
> >
> > Roger Ivie
> > ivie_at_cc.usu.edu
> >
> THANK YOU! Armed with that knowledge I discovered DECUS has MACRO source
> for a VMS utility called RZ_SPINUP. It configures the drive the same way.
> Once I get my 3100 here I can tweak the drives appropriately. :)
>
>
> --
> Jim Strickland
> jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com

The scsi command on FreeBSD lets you set the SCSI mode page for spin up
on power on as well...

Bill
Received on Fri Dec 25 1998 - 22:30:22 GMT