[rescue] two SCSI oddities

[Chad Fernandez]

I used to have a Seagate drive that had an extra letter on the model
number.... I think it was an "N".  I think it means that it is Netware
ready or certified or something.  Low leveling the drive is supposed to
eliminate that.

The drive I had was much older and much smaller in capacity, However.  

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Dan Debertin wrote:
> 
> I have a stack of Seagate Elite 9 drives that I'm in the process of
> verifying -- I'm one drive away from filling up my 12-bay SCSI
> expansion pedestal :). Two questions have come up that I'm sure have
> easy answers, but I'm getting nothing out of google:
> 
> 1. I couldn't get the bus to sync at 10MB/sec until I, scratching
>    head, removed the "terminator enable" jumper on the drives. It
>    would only sync at 5 with that jumper in. What's the electrical
>    reason for this?
> 
> 2. Half of these drives ID as "SEAGATE-SX910800N-8514", and the other
>    half as "SEAGATE-SX410800N-7116". One also ID's as
>    "SEAGATE-SX410800N-7117". They're all labeled (physically, on the
>    back of the drive) as ST410800N. format(1)'s 'type' command won't
>    let me change the type. Seagate doesn't make a drive with model
>    "ST910800N" ... what's going on here?
> 
> TIA to anyone who can set me straight.
> 
> Dan
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