[geeks] Help - preparing drive for an SGI Indigo 2

[Lionel Peterson]

Hello all,

I am putting together my hardware for tomorrows project (well, todays
project now!), bringing up an SGI Indigo 2.

First, an easy question - what drive ID should the drive be set to? I
have a proper sled, but the ST15150N I want to use has "micro" jumpers,
and the cable for drive ID selection is a "mini" jumper block, so I
have to set the drive ID manually. This will be the boot drive, and it
will be in the "hidden" (or lower) drive bay on my Indigo 2.

Second, w/r/t the above drive (ST15150N), I have seen this page:
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/scsi/st15150n.html, but can not
figure out which end is pin 1 of J4 located? (near power jack, or top
of drive)?

Finally, is there any reason why a stock ST15150N wouldn't work in an
Indigo 2? I probably should have asked this first ;^)

Thanks in advance,


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Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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