[Info-vax] W: VMS Alpha V7.2 for Multia/UDB installation media

glen herrmannsfeldt gah at ugcs.caltech.edu
Sun Jan 29 15:48:31 EST 2012


MG <marcogbNO at spamxs4all.nl> wrote:

(snip, I wrote)
>> It used to be that there was a drive select jumper on the drives,
>> with numbers like 1, 2, 3, 4, or sometimes 0, 1, 2, 3.

>> Since PC drives use the cable twist to move the select line, some
>> might not even have the jumper. It will then appear as the second
>> drive.

(snip)

> Thank you for your clarification, I see.  Unfortunately, the drive
> in question has no jumpers.  So, I'll have to find an alternative
> solution.

I haven't looked at drives recently. They might have them instead
of jumpers with a spot that you cut (shaped like two arrows), and
a spot that you solder together (two half circles) to change the
select.

Otherwise, as I said, it comes out as the second drive on a 
two drive system.

-- glen



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