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Sony RMO-S551 Installation Manual

Sony RMO-S551 Installation Manual

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SMO-F551 / RMO-S551
Magneto-Optical
Disk Drive
Installation Guide
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  • Page 1 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Magneto-Optical Disk Drive Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 November 1, 1999 Note: SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 support many kind of MO media, but all kind of MO media can not be used in each Operation System. (Refer page19 table-1,-2) Please choose suitable MO media in accordance with supported media table.
  • Page 3 Format utility software is used to format the media and make partitions. Format utility software is often supplied with SCSI host adapter. (e.g. ASPI manager and ASPI driver for AHA-29xx are provided from Adaptec) But if you use RMO-S551, we recommend to use the “Formatter One Pro...
  • Page 4 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide Note: - DOS and Window3.1 limit one partition size to 2.1GB. Please make a partition under 2.1GB per partition. - “Formatter One Pro ” supports all kind of MO media (4.1GB, 4.8GB, 5.2GB), but some device driver does not support 4.8GB or 5.2GB media.
  • Page 5 (Ex. AHA-2940, AHA-3940 of Adaptec) Most of SCSI host adapters are supported by Windows95/98. 2. Device driver Device driver controls MO drive. installation CD-ROM or floppy disk. If you use RMO-S551, we recommend to use the “Formatter One Pro ” bundled with RMO-S551. 3. SCSI cable SCSI cable is used for connecting host adapter and MO drive.
  • Page 6 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide 3) Install the device driver 3)-1 Preparation - Turn on the MO drive and host computer. - Install the device driver on Windows95/98 and reboot the host computer. (Please refer to the user’s guide of the Device Driver) 3)-2 Format the media and partition - Format and Label the media using format utility software, such as “Formatter One Pro...
  • Page 7: Installation Procedure On Windowsnt

    4. Format Utility software Format utility software is used to format media and make partitions. Format utility is often supplied with SCSI host adapter. If you use RMO-S551, we recommend to use the “Formatter One Pro ” bundled with RMO-S551.
  • Page 8 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide b) Click on Disk Administrator again - Highlight the partitioned drive icon. - Click on Tools, then Format. Choose format type (see Notes) and volume label name. - Format the media. - Close Disk Administrator.
  • Page 9 4) Edit “format.dat” file - add following configuration to the “format.dat”. # This is a list of sample Sony 5.25 inch MO disk configurations. disk_type = "ISO 4X MO disk, 1150MB" ¥ : ctlr = SCSI : fmt_time = 2 ¥...
  • Page 10 : ncyl = 4003 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 4005 : nhead = 32 : nsect = 31 ¥ : rpm = 3300 : bpt = 15872 # This is a list of sample partition tables for Sony 5.25 inch MO disk. partition = "ISO 4X MO disk, 1150MB" ¥...
  • Page 11: Installation Procedure On Silicon Graphics Systems

    SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide Installation Procedure on Silicon Graphics Systems Test equipment: The following procedure was confirmed with the following system and drive combination: Host: SGI O2 R5000, R10000 IRIX6.3 Target: RMO-S551 Installation: 1) Connection - Attach the drive to the host using a proper SCSI cable.
  • Page 12 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [exi]t [d]ebug/ [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ fx> f fx/format: drive parameter to usr in formatting = (current) [enter] *********WARNING********* about to destroy data on disk dksc(1,4)! Ok? Yes [enter] 4) Repartition the media Repartition the media from “root drive”...
  • Page 13 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide ----- partitions----- part type cyls 7: xfs 6 + 7738 8: volhd 0 + 6 10: volume 0 + 7761 15:xfslog 7744+17 capacity is 3973952 blocks ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)-----...
  • Page 14 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide ---- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [para]meters [part]itions [g]eometry [s]giinfo fx/label/show> .. [enter] ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [sh]ow/ [sy]nc fx/label> .. [enter] ----- please choose one (? for help, ..
  • Page 15: Installation Procedure On Hp Systems

    SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide Installation Procedure on HP Systems Test equipment: The following procedure was confirmed with the following system and drive combination: UNIX Workstation: HP9000/712 HP-UX A.09.07 Target: RMO-S551 Installation: 1) Connection - Connect MO drive and UNIX Workstation using proper SCSI cable.
  • Page 16 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide 3) Edit “disktab” file - Edit or add /etc/disktab file as following. ############################################### # Sony Magneto-Optical Media ############################################### SONY_MO_8X_2048:¥ :No swap or boot:ns#39:nt#16:nc#3997:¥ :s0#2494170:b0#8192:f0#2048:¥ :se#2048:rm#3300: SONY_MO_8X_1024:¥ :No swap or boot:ns#39:nt#16:nc#3671:¥ :s0#2290750:b0#8192:f0#1024:¥ :se#1024:rm#3300: SONY_MO_8X_512:¥ :No swap or boot:ns#39:nt#16:nc#3131:¥...
  • Page 17 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide 7) Confirm the result of mount command - Confirm the result of mount command using following command. # bdf /mo [Enter] (ex.4.1GB) Filesystem kbytes /dev/dsk/c201d4s0 1900868 (ex.4.8GB) Filesystem kbytes /dev/dsk/c201d4s0 2228170 (ex.5.2GB) Filesystem kbytes /dev/dsk/c201d4s0...
  • Page 18 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide Installation Procedure on SantaCruzOperation Systems Test equipment: The following procedure was confirmed with the following system and drive combination: Host: PC-UNIX_SCO UnixWare 2.1, UnixWare 7 Target: RMO-S551 Installation: 1) Hardware Installation - Attach the drive to the system using a SCSI cable.
  • Page 19 SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 Installation Guide Appendix 4.1GB media 4.8GB media 5.2GB media SUN Systems 4.1GB media 4.8GB media 5.2GB media Capacity Name 4.1GB EDM-4100 4.8GB EDM-4800 5.2GB EDM-5200 Table 3. Media information table Installation Guide Installation Guide Installation Guide Window3.1 Windows95/98 Table 1.

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