[SunRescue] Source for 50 pin drives...

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Joules [mailto:pjoules at coleg-powys.ac.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 4:29 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Source for 50 pin drives...
> 
> 
> At 05:58 09/03/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >I dont think a 386i will support drives other than the 
> particular models it
> >was sold with - there's something on this in the 386i FAQ I beleive.
> 
> I have re-read the relevant section of the FAQ and it says 
> that non Sun 
> drives may be used but that they must already be formatted if 
> over 1 gig as 
> the format program has a 1 gig bug in it.  Partitioning 
> appears to be a bit 
> of a pain as it has to be done manually.
> 
> The only possible restriction is that it specifies that the 
> rotational 
> speed of the drive mustn't be above 4500 rpm.

What does/should it care how fast the drive is spinning?
	Greg