Subject: Re: IBM AS/400 62RW-100 scsi drives and9348-001 9 track on VAX?
To: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
From: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/27/2000 09:34:08
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 03:50:33PM -0500, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> 
> > [...]and a rack of scsi drives.  The scsi drives appear to be plain
> > old 50 pin things, and have an IBM number 62RW-100 on them (and
> > 95x2069).  Anyone know if these things might run on a VAX?
> 
> they might be differential drives...

Nope, plain 50 pin single-ended things.

> there's been open PRs on the non-512bytes/sector problem for, oh, SIX
> YEARS now.  ;)
> 
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/1998/11/18/0003.html

OK, I will check that out.  IFF I can reformat them, then that would
be the obvious cure.

> <HECKLE>
> even linux handles 1k sectored SCSI drives
> </HECKLE>

Will it handle System 400 drives?

Someone said Solaris did.

Bob