Recovering DATA from sparc classic

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but, I think, scsi drives have jumper for 'Auto Spin Up', so perhaps its not a telltale sign.

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Then remove the jumper and apply power to the disk. If the disk does not spin up, you are waiting your time trying to get data off it.

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