SUMMARY: Parameters for Quantum Atlas II WD SCSI XP34550WD

From: James Tran (jtran@linfinity.com)
Date: Mon Jul 13 1998 - 16:41:30 CDT


My original question was:

Does any one know where can I get the disk drive parameters for the Quantum
Atlas II Wide Differential SCSI Model XP34550WD.
 
I am running SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and the format utility will not let me format
this drive until I have all the parameters entered. I have searched the
/etc/format.dat file but it did not have the above described disk drive.
 
I also have checked with Quantum and Sun web pages but came up empty.
 
Any help would be appreciated, and I will post a summary.
 
Thank you in advanced.

Solutions:
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After posted my question, I went back to Quantum web site and search for the
parameter again. I finally found it and here it is:

Quantum Atlas II XP34550 Parameters
Ctrl: SCSI Ncyl: 5847 Acyl: 2 Pcyl: 5849 Nhead: 10 Nsect: 152 Rpm: 7200

The Sun format utility accepted these parameters and formatted the drive.
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I'd like to thank the following people for their suggestions and there are
probably more coming after I post this summary:

Typical SPARC Partitioning

Add the following entry to your /etc/format.dat file:

 
disk_type = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" \
 : ctlr = SCSI : fmt_time = 9 \
 : ncyl = 5925 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 5927 : nhead = 10 : nsect = 150 \
 : rpm = 7200 : bpt = 89550

 

Solaris 1.x Systems:

 
partition = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" \
 : disk = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" : ctlr = SCSI \
 : a = 0, 1318500 : b = 879, 1318500 : c = 0, 8887500 \
 : g = 1758, 2200500 : f = 3225, 4050000

Solaris 2.x Systems:

 
partition = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" \
 : disk = "ANDATACO QUANTUM XP34550W" : ctlr = SCSI \
 : 0 = 0, 15000 : 1 = 10, 64500 : 2 = 0, 8887500 \
 : 6 = 53, 8808000

Check out www.andataco.com It has many spec sheets available.

-- 
Geoff Weller
Systems Administrator
Computer Sciences Corporation
NASA Langley Research Center

############################################################################ Get a copy of scsiinfo from any of the good ftp source code sites (gatekeeper.dec.com, sunsite.unc.edu, etc.).

Compile and install it....rtfm

Run it with the "-F raw_disk_device" flag and it will construct the format.dat entry for you.

Hope this helps...

Regards,

b c++'ing u,

%-) sjs

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Birger

birger@sdata.no (Birger Wathne) ############################################################################ Use the public domain scsiinfo and scsiping to find out the physical parameters.

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