> On Apr 13, 2016, at 11:31 AM, supervinx <superv...@libero.it> wrote:
> 
> Well... AS/400 scsi drives are recognized by the string IBM AS/400, during 
> the inquiry phase.
> They can be used in a standard PC, if reformatted at 512 bytes/sector, since 
> OS/400 use 520 bytes/sector.
> If they come unformatted or degaussed, you can reformat it at 520 under a 
> *nix system with sg_utils (e.g. Linux) and used (I tried it successfully on 
> different AS/400 systems).

I thought someone said you couldn't reformat AS/400 drives?  Also, degaussing 
would destroy the servo data, assuming the drives have that which I expect they 
do (pretty much everything newer than an RK05 does).  Only servo writing 
machines in media factories can restore that stuff if it's destroyed or damaged.

        paul


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