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Article #209Re: Turning off SCSI devices and Rel 2.1
From: Dave Olson
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 07:32
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 07:32
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In <basiji.711941162@milton> basiji@milton.u.washington.edu (David Basiji) writes:
| I have a 90PRO transportable and I had to open the small vented front
| panel and throw a two-position switch so the NeXT could see the Bernoulli
| as a removable device. Seems the default position (which suits SGI and
| others) of the switch is as non-removeable. This panel is about 3/4"
Drives with removable media should be so marked in the inquiry command
(presumably this is what the switch controls). Other than our older
systems that had a bogus bias against removable media for the boot
device (only), SGI's OS has no problem with devices that say that they
have removable media.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!sgi!fido!zola!zuni!anchor!olson From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) Subject: Re: Turning off SCSI devices and Rel 2.1 Message-ID: <nmf212c@zuni.esd.sgi.com> Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA References: <1992Jul22.114709.9162@investor.pgh.pa.us> <1992Jul23.213549.10270@midway.uchicago.edu> <basiji.711941162@milton> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 07:32:18 GMT Lines: 15