Hello, Am 05.01.2021 um 23:33 schrieb mazzinia--- via cctalk <[email protected]>:
> The hard disks are factory initialized with a specific number of sectors... > they are scsi, and you cannot use normal scsi disks there. Yap. See here for details (and further reading). https://try-as400.pocnet.net/wiki/Ordinary_Harddisks_on_the_AS/400 > the only way to initialize them for an as/400 is with an ibm tool that has > never been released. Do you have experience with this? Because, you certainly can format a disk in the „BIOS“ (Dedicated Service Tools) of a machine. And I suppose that doing this is doing the right thing. > and yes, you can otherwise use the small panel on the front to ipl it up, and > shut it down I know no safe way to initiate a proper shutdown from the panel. Do you have more information on that? > You can add more twinax terminals ( the cables are included ), or connect to > a twinax card in a pc ( isa/pci , depends what you find ) and ibm client > access... or client access on lan. > In any case you need that ( or a ) twinax terminal (emulator card works) for > maintenance/admin duties I guess it’s included, eventhough not mentioned in the text. And I fully agree, Console is important to have. :wq! PoC
