Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:6228 unix-pc.general:2776 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!rutgers!att!cbnewsh!ho5cad!wjc From: wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: 3b1 40meg disk woes: Help Message-ID: Date: 27 Apr 89 07:56:03 GMT References: <3961@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <17513@cup.portal.com> <2947@ihuxy.ATT.COM> <586@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Sender: nntp@cbnewsh.ATT.COM Reply-To: wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21 In-reply-to: danl@cbnewsc.ATT.COM's message of 27 Apr 89 04:27:21 GMT In article <586@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> danl@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (daniel.r.levy) writes: >otherwise, though it does sound like a good idea. When I unpacked the system >software, I could almost swear that in there was a loose sheet stating that >rebooting the diagnostic disk to park the heads was not necessary on the 3B1, >despite the message. However, looking through my manuals, I can't locate it A lot of 7300's shipped with drives that didn't autopark the heads when powered off. Thus the message during shutdown about parking them. (I defer to others about whether this is needed for shutdowns when the machine won't be moved. Couldn't hurt.) Most (maybe all?) 3b1's shipped with drives that did autopark the heads on powerdown. That's why it's not necessary to do it via the diagnostics disk. This is a feature of the drive, not the machine. If you're shopping for a drive, this is definitely a feature you want. (If your drive makes that big clunk when you hit the power switch, that's the autopark happening.) -- -- Bill Carpenter att!ho5cad!wjc or attmail!bill