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Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 20:00:44 -0700
From: Pete Delaney <pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net>
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To: pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Subject: Re: 4GB Drives - Another Hawk bits the dust after a a short 3 month flight; Loading NetBSD !
Cc: pete@kesa26.kesa.com, jbryant@argus.iadfw.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org,
        pete@rahul.net
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   > > I suspect I would have been better off bleeding. My SeaCRATE just bit the
   > > dust last night while I was installing NetBSD. It's spinning up, makes
   > > a click like it's trying to move the heads, and then spins down. Over
   > > and over again. It responds to a SCSI probe but won't stay on long enought
   > > to boot or run format on.  
   > 
   > It can't read the mode select pages from the reserved zone.  This is bad bad
   > news.  Your drive is toast.  Let it cool completely down and try again, if
   > it does come on line, BACKIT UP!  Then get it replaced, or if you can (doubt
   > it DOA policy is usualy <30 days) get your money back.
   > > 
   > > Any suggestions? I believe they also have a 5 yr warrenty, but 3 months is
   > > bloody short. It appears my gut instinct in favor of Micropolus may have
   > > been right after 
   > > all. My 1.0 and 1.7 drives haven't given me any trouble at all.
   > 
   > I had a price reduction occur on the MC3243 and MC4243W effective 8/31,
   > worst case looks to be $1265.00 and $1350.00, best case (and I don't know
   > why it went from these prices yet it is $1200 and $1287.00, he must have
   > read the wrong column on his update to me 9/1).
   > 
   > Given that I can now sell the Micropolis 3243 series drives at a price
   > point comparitive to the Seagate drive the segate drive has dropped from
   > my prefered list at this point and been replaced.  Boy, I just love this
   > industry.  One day I am telling people to buy a Seagate, within 36 hours
   > I am telling them I can get them a much better Micropolis for the same
   > or lower dollar amount :-).
   > 
   > [My Micropolis supplier must be reading the mailling lists and noticed
   > I was pushing Seagates and gone and got me some SPA pricing :-) :-)]

So it appears I have to take it to SeaCrate and get a replacement. Once I get
it is it possible to switch up to a Micropolus?

-pete