Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!news From: ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: RT ESDI Drives Message-ID: Date: 30 Oct 90 15:37:05 GMT References: <6509@uceng.UC.EDU> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Computer Science Department, Penn State University Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: pmartin@uceng.UC.EDU's message of 25 Oct 90 21:14:04 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: colossus.cs.psu.edu In article <6509@uceng.UC.EDU> pmartin@uceng.UC.EDU (Paul Martin) writes: Paul> Does anyone know if one can put a standard "PC" ESDI Hard Drive in an RT. Paul> Also does anyone know where on can find new RT parts (ie third party vendors?) Paul> I am trying to find extra hard drives for my RT's. Paul> thanks in advance. You can buy the drives from MAXTOR. Make sure that your distributor understands that you are putting them into an RT. IBM (just to make life difficult I am sure) had MAXTOR slightly modify the disks. You will also need the AIX 2.2.1 VRM installation diskette in order to format the drive. -- Dan Ehrlich - Sr. Systems Programmer - Penn State Computer Science /Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176