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In article <nzimman.718409297@icaen.uiowa.edu>, nzimman@icaen.uiowa.edu (Nicholas R. Zimmerman) writes:
> Greetings....
>  
> I have a PDP11/44 that I am about to boot....I have one RA60 drive and a
> TU80 tape drive....what I need to know is how to load that RA60 so I can
> boot up and load the system on the drive.
>  
> I know the sticky ins and outs of loading the sys, but it is the actual
> physical loading of the disk pack that I don't know....please enlighten me
> and be very detailed....pretend I am a moron....
> 

Well... assuming the heads have been unlocked etc, etc... If you don't know,
find help and go no further... 

If that sort of stuff is realy, *REALY* OK, your are sure now, slide the drive
out so the top is clear, not ness if its on the top of course... Press the
flat thing that sticks out of the top of the front pannel. the lid should pop
up a little. open the lid. Is it realy clean inside? If not, see step one.
Take the pack in one hand and fondel underneath the pack cover. You should
see/feel 2 sections that you squeeze together to release the bottom section
of the cover. Place the pack, with the top cover in place in the big round
hole. It will feel a bit 'graunchy' for the last " or so. Turn the handel on
top clockwise. The pack should rotate a bit then lock. Keep turning. After a
few turns, you will feel it come tight. Now lift the cover straight up. It
may need a few pounds to remove. Put the top of the cover on the bottom, to
keep some of the dust out, close the drive lid, restore drive. Hold nose,
pray, press the "LOAD" button. The drive should spin up and the unit number
light up.

Good luck...

~Paul