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From: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 3b1 67meg drive, self-parking?
Message-ID: <870@oswego.Oswego.EDU>
Date: 1 Jul 88 15:48:44 GMT
References: <2009@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <606@sialis.mn.org>
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu.UUCP (Boyd Ostroff)
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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? 
>
>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.  

Yes, but despite those warnings there was an addendum sheet included with
version 3.51 (as shipped with my 3B1) that stated to disregard the message
about using the diagnostic disk to park the heads - it said a normal shutdown
from the UA was sufficient.

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