fyi..

The 3944 firmware will crash your system if you have >3.75GB of memory
installed plus
the fact it has never been "officially" tested and certified on MPE.

I was also not aware the firmware was what enabled you to see "newer"
drives. Typically
this functionality is delivered via a patch. For example, for 6.0 that would
be MPELXQ3A
(superceded by MPEMX46A)..

Guy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Northern Credit Bureaus Inc [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Trouble installing firmware patch
>
>
> I need to install a scsi FAST & WIDE firmware patch for the
> HP3000 to be able to recognize a 36 Gbytes drive on my system.
>
>
>
> I downloaded the tar file ISFW3944 and uncompressed it.
> According to the HP instructions it should have the following format:
>
>
>
> FILENAME CODE ------------LOGICAL RECORD----------- ----SPACE---
>
> ISFW3944         SIZE     TYP           EOF         LIMIT
>      R/B       SECTORS  #X MX
>
>                           80B      FA           8198
> 204800         3             2576         5   *
>
> Instead I get:
>
> ISFW3944      1B   BA     846593  2147483647 1      3312   5 *
>
> I tried to convert to 80B wide using patchix or fcopy without
> much success.  What sofware should I use to get the proper format?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jean Huot
>
> Northern Credit Bureaus Inc.
>
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