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From: dwatts@ki.UUCP (Dan Watts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: SGI add on hard drives
Keywords: sgi disk add-on
Message-ID: <771@ki.UUCP>
Date: 29 May 90 20:43:49 GMT
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A while back, someone was discussing add-on hardware for the Personal Iris.
I'm in the process of getting a quote for an external configuration of a
Seagate 700+ MB unformatted drive with enclosure and power supply.  I imagine
the connector that looks like it has a SCSI terminator on it in the back of
the Personal Iris is where I'd connect it.

Does anyone have any personal experience with Seagate drives and their
reliability?

If the drive comes unformatted, what will I need to do to get it up and
running?  I presume there's got to be man pages somewhere....
I found mkfs in the man pages.  So where does one go to figure out what
the parameters to mkfs are? I presume that most come from the drive
specifications, but what about the "special" file they refer to?  There's
quite a few entries in /dev/dsk.

So, getting it up and running should be to set the SCSI address uniquely,
format the drive, and reboot?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
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