Parameters for Quantum Atlas II WD SCSI XP34550WD
2007-12-25 10:47:00
Does any one know where can I get the disk drive parameters for the Quantum
Atlas II Wide Differential SCSI Model XP34550WD.
I am running SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and the format utility will not let me format
this drive until I have all the parameters entered. I have searched the
/etc/format.dat file but it did not have the above described disk drive.
I also have checked with Quantum and Sun web pages but came up empty.
Any help would be appreciated, and I will post a summary.
Thank you in advanced.
Solutions:
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After posted my question, I went back to Quantum web site and search for the
parameter again. I finally found it and here it is:
Quantum Atlas II XP34550 Parameters
Ctrl: SCSI Ncyl: 5847 Acyl: 2 Pcyl: 5849 Nhead: 10 Nsect: 152 Rpm: 7200
The Sun format utility accepted these parameters and formatted the drive.
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I'd like to thank the following people for their suggestions and there are
probably more coming after I post this summary:
Typical SPARC Partitioning
Add the following entry to your /etc/format.dat file:
disk_type = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" \
: ctlr = SCSI : fmt_time = 9 \
: ncyl = 5925 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 5927 : nhead = 10 : nsect = 150 \
: rpm = 7200 : bpt = 89550
Solaris 1.x Systems:
partition = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" \
: disk = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" : ctlr = SCSI \
: a = 0, 1318500 : b = 879, 1318500 : c = 0, 8887500 \
: g = 1758, 2200500 : f = 3225, 4050000
Solaris 2.x Systems:
partition = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" \
: disk = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" : ctlr = SCSI \
: 0 = 0, 15000 : 1 = 10, 64500 : 2 = 0, 8887500 \
: 6 = 53, 8808000
Check out www.andataco.com It has many spec sheets available.
--
Geoff Weller
Systems Administrator
Computer Sciences Corporation
NASA Langley Research Center
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Get a copy of scsiinfo from any of the good ftp source code
sites (gatekeeper.dec.com, sunsite.unc.edu, etc.).
Compile and install it....rtfm
Run it with the "-F raw_disk_device" flag and it will construct
the format.dat entry for you.
Hope this helps...
Regards,
b c++'ing u,
%-) sjs
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www.quantum.com should reveal this for you.
"Marco Greene" <cmgreene@netcom.ca>
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Boot into single-user from a Solaris 2.x CD, and label it from the 2.x
format utility
using type 0 (Auto).
Birger
birger@sdata.no (Birger Wathne)
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Use the public domain scsiinfo and scsiping to find
out the physical parameters.
Bismark Espinoza <bismark@banff.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
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