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Article #319Re: DECstation 5000/240
From: pniy
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 23:03
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 23:03
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In article <AJC.92Apr2092400@thendara.pa.dec.com>, ajc@pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento) writes: > > 3rd party disks can be a boot disk. Configuring it as such is more > difficult (and for some drive manufacturer's firmware implementations, > virtually unworkable). But, we're willing to work with any disk drive > manufacturer to overcome this (we're working with three of them right > now, but I'd be willing to hear from HP, Fujitsu, IBM, SUN and anybody > else in the disk drive business as well). > So, what exactly is the probvlem?So, what exato get a Fujitsu disk for the 240 that should be arriving soon, and would definitely like to be able to boot from the disk. Surely "virtually unworkable" is different from impossible, and since one doesn't boot often compared to other uses of the disk, it shouldn't be such a problem. Is it just entering in the drive parameters in the initial system installation? Or what? Arthur Smith (asmith@icose.msd.anl.gov)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!vax5.cit.cornell.edu!pniy From: pniy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: DECstation 5000/240 Message-ID: <1992Apr6.180341.11537@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Date: 6 Apr 92 18:03:41 EST References: <1992Apr2.162301.29772@athena.mit.edu> <AJC.92Apr2092400@thendara.pa.dec.com> Distribution: comp Organization: Cornell University Lines: 20