[rescue] Sun-Seagate drive firmware

[Brian Hechinger]

On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 12:43:06PM -0400, Loomis, Rip wrote:
> 
> The only thing non-standard that I've ever found about
> most Sun OEM drive firmware is the ID string--for example
> on the 2.1GB drives in my SS20 the drives get ID'd as
> something like "SUN2.1GB"...which is actually convenient.

in addition to changine the ID banner, Sun also puts a serial number in the
firmware.  DiskSuite needs this, or it will puke all over itself.  pretty much
everything else doesn't need it.  it also doesn't interfere with operation in
non-sun boxes.

-brian
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