Wyatt@dockmaster.ncsc.mil (05/30/90)
I have a question regarding the MAXTOR 200MB internal 3.5" disk drive which we are considering for our Sun 3/80 workstation. I have been told by different vendors that the unformatted capacity is 207MB, while the formatted capacity is 200MB. One vendor tells me that to format the disk at 200MB, I need a special format patch tape that his company provides, otherwise I will only get 191MB; another vendor tells me that SunOS format will give 200MB. Does anyone out there have the "correct" answer? Please answer me directly and I will summarize. Thanks in advance. If this has already been covered, accept my apologies and point me to the entries. David C. Wyatt wyatt@dockmaster.ncsc.mil Meridian Sciences, Inc. 6430-D Dobbin Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 (301) 964-3293
b31@nbi.csci.unt.edu (David Williams) (06/02/90)
In article <8352@brazos.Rice.edu> Wyatt@dockmaster.ncsc.mil writes: > > [Question about capacity of the MAXTOR 200MB Drive] I just installed 4 of these drives (Maxtor 200 MB internal) in two of my SS1 machines. I'm truly worried that they run too hot - they give the term "burn in" a whole new meaning. Has anyone noticed this also? BTW, I got 191 MB of formatted space on all 4 drives (4.0.3c - no patches).
sid@husc6.harvard.edu (Sid Stuart) (06/12/90)
In article <8559@brazos.Rice.edu> b31@nbi.csci.unt.edu (David Williams) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 197, message 11 > >In article <8352@brazos.Rice.edu> Wyatt@dockmaster.ncsc.mil writes: >> >> [Question about capacity of the MAXTOR 200MB Drive] > >I just installed 4 of these drives (Maxtor 200 MB internal) in two of my >SS1 machines. I'm truly worried that they run too hot - they give the >term "burn in" a whole new meaning. Has anyone noticed this also? BTW, I >got 191 MB of formatted space on all 4 drives (4.0.3c - no patches). We have seen power supply problems with using more than one drive in the SS1 when one of those drives is either a Maxtor 200 MB or Hitachi 250 MB. I installed two Maxtors in an SS1. The system would not work correctly until I set the jumpers for one to spin up at power on and the other to spin up at first access. This worked, but the system still did not boot reliably. It would take two or three tries at powering the system on before the drives were recognized correctly. We also have tried to run the Hitachi 250 MB drive and a Quantum 100 MB drive in the same chassis. This would work sometimes, but we also had problems with the Hitachi spinning up. The problem is that the larger drives draw more current at startup time. The power supply on the SS1 has trouble keeping up with the current draw. Our solution has been to use one of the pizza box clones for the larger capacity drives. Sid Stuart sid@think.com