From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id AAA10623 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:53:06 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id AAA44454 for linux-list; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:52:32 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id AAA55764; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:52:28 -0800 (PST) mail_from (eedthwo@eede.ericsson.se) Received: from penguin.wise.edt.ericsson.se (penguin-ext.wise.edt.ericsson.se [194.237.142.5]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id DAA05153; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 03:52:17 -0500 (EST) mail_from (eedthwo@eede.ericsson.se) Received: from eede.ericsson.se (eede.eede.ericsson.se [164.48.127.16]) by penguin.wise.edt.ericsson.se (8.9.0/8.9.0/WIREfire-1.2) with SMTP id JAA28171; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:52:09 +0100 (MET) Received: from sun173.eu (sun173.eede.ericsson.se) by eede.ericsson.se (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA12044; Fri, 22 Jan 99 09:52:11 +0100 Received: by sun173.eu (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA18379; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:52:10 +0100 Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:52:10 +0100 Message-Id: <199901220852.JAA18379@sun173.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Tom Woelfel To: olson@anchor.engr.sgi.com (Dave Olson) Cc: eedthwo@eede.ericsson.se, topcat@develop.nmdg.com, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Installing Linux on Indy In-Reply-To: <199901201829.KAA71231@anchor.engr.sgi.com> References: <199901201008.LAA19733@sun173.eu> <199901201829.KAA71231@anchor.engr.sgi.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.31 under 20.2 XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: eedthwo@eede.ericsson.se Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Dave Olson writes: > Tom Woelfel wrote: > | For an old SGI disk I've searched 1 week in the web to get the > | jumper-settings to reset the spin-up-delay-at-boot - nothing (The > | disk was purposed to be built into my PS/2). So I called SGI > > All the disk drive manufacturers that I know of have web pages for > the drive jumper settings. SGI support doesn't have docs on most of them, > even the current ones, because nobody ever needs to know; they come > setup correctly from the factory. > > By the way, with only 5 jumpers to play with on most drives, you > can usually figure it out in less than 30 minutes. > > I'm sorry you are so unhappy about it, but it does sound like you > are frustrated over things that seem pretty easy to deal with. The disk had no label on it. So I had to put it in an external SCSI-CASE an plug it in (risk). Linux reported an IMB/SGI S6(S8?) or so. The only model I found was the model S12. Simple Question: Are both jumper-settings equal? (For the MCA one needs special setting) If there is no answer for a simple question; not on the web, not after a call ... Well, shit happens. Maybe I should have written a mail to someone in the list directly. //Tom [Thanx also to Joan Eslinger for the immediate response] From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:52:10 +0100 Message-ID: <199901220852.JAA18379@sun173.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Tom Woelfel Subject: Re: Installing Linux on Indy In-Reply-To: <199901201829.KAA71231@anchor.engr.sgi.com> References: <199901201008.LAA19733@sun173.eu> <199901201829.KAA71231@anchor.engr.sgi.com> Reply-To: eedthwo@eede.ericsson.se Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com To: Dave Olson Cc: eedthwo@eede.ericsson.se, topcat@develop.nmdg.com, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Message-ID: <19990122085210.rL2E56wUUhltX-IFLpsxlUbue8rsqzdNzRovu9YTy0k@z> Dave Olson writes: > Tom Woelfel wrote: > | For an old SGI disk I've searched 1 week in the web to get the > | jumper-settings to reset the spin-up-delay-at-boot - nothing (The > | disk was purposed to be built into my PS/2). So I called SGI > > All the disk drive manufacturers that I know of have web pages for > the drive jumper settings. SGI support doesn't have docs on most of them, > even the current ones, because nobody ever needs to know; they come > setup correctly from the factory. > > By the way, with only 5 jumpers to play with on most drives, you > can usually figure it out in less than 30 minutes. > > I'm sorry you are so unhappy about it, but it does sound like you > are frustrated over things that seem pretty easy to deal with. The disk had no label on it. So I had to put it in an external SCSI-CASE an plug it in (risk). Linux reported an IMB/SGI S6(S8?) or so. The only model I found was the model S12. Simple Question: Are both jumper-settings equal? (For the MCA one needs special setting) If there is no answer for a simple question; not on the web, not after a call ... Well, shit happens. Maybe I should have written a mail to someone in the list directly. //Tom [Thanx also to Joan Eslinger for the immediate response]