Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:985 comp.sys.att:3688 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!labrea!rutgers!ucsd!ucsdhub!jack!crash!rush!bob From: bob@rush.cts.com (Bob Ames) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: 3b1 67meg drive, self-parking? Summary: Yes, 3B1 disks auto-park under 3.51 Message-ID: <748@rush.cts.com> Date: 3 Jul 88 18:11:26 GMT References: <2009@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <606@sialis.mn.org> Organization: Howard Publications, Inc. Lines: 23 In article <606@sialis.mn.org>, rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) writes: > >Here's a question I keep forgetting to ask; is the 67meg > >drive self parking? I vaguely recall seeing a brochure > >for the Miniscribe drives that seemed to say something > >to that effect. ? > > Whether it does or not, the ATT documentation states in more than one > place, that you should boot up the diagnostics disk and use the park > heads option whenever you are going to move a machine. It doesn't (if > I recall correctly) really talk too much about parking before a power > down, but I would imagine it wouldn't be bad practice. The addendum to the 3.51 System Software guide (extra 6 or 7 papers) states that if you have a disk that originally came in a 3B1, (NOT 7300!) your hard disk does not need to be parked. Bob Ames INET: bob@rush.cts.com Howard Publications, Inc. Bell: 208-733-0931 UUCP: {rutgers!ucsd, nosc, hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!rush!bob "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!" "We each pay a fabulous price - for our visions of paradise." - N Peart 1987