Re: "Invalid Media Format" error
From: Hans Vlems (hvlems.dotweg_at_zonnet.nl)
Date: 06/18/04
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:36:15 +0200
"John Laird" <nospam@laird-towers.org.uk> schreef in bericht
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> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:23:16 +0200, "Hans Vlems" <hvlems.dotweg@zonnet.nl>
> wrote:
>
> >AFAIK all the RZ 29's were 1 inch drives.
>
> The -L variants were. (-L was always "low profile" in the RZ model
number).
> I think they were *all* Seagate Barracudas under the hood, either 4s or
4LPs
> in Seagate's terminology. RZ28s on the other hand were either Seagate
Hawks
> or Quantum DSPs (the stuff DEC sold to them, iirc).
John, I've led a sheltered life because apparently I only met the -L
variants :-)
My drives identify themselves as RZ29L-AS models.
My apologies for the confusion. At least the URL provided was for the
correct drive.
>
> If the OP has two similar-looking drives, jumpered identically, one of
which
> works and one which doesn't, then he is looking at firmware issues. I
think
> at the time Seagate and DEC were quite cooperative and if DEC fixed the
> firmware on their badged models then that patch would often find its way
> back into Seagate mainstream production. Very occasionally firmware
updates
> were available, but when I was trying to get my "RZ29" working, I could
not
> find any.
>
> --
> My mind's made up. Don't confuse me with the facts.
>
> Mail john rather than nospam...
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