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Date:      Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:16:00 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier)
Cc:        j@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with new drive (Connor CFP1060S 1.05GD 243F)
Message-ID:  <199602050246.NAA05913@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960204135925.9254B-100000@ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Feb 4, 96 02:08:12 pm

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Marc G. Fournier stands accused of saying:
> 
> When I tried to install, it newfs'd 3 partitions, then got the above error
> on the 4th (you could hear the drive powerdown) and then when it went to 
> the 5th, you could hear it power up again, and it newfs'd it and the 6th
> properly again.

Aiee!  Unless you have a faulty power connector, _send_it_back_ right now.
If it's spinning down the drive is sure it has a _serious_ problem.

> (aha0:0:0): "CONNER CFP1060S 1.05GB 243F" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> sd0(aha0:0:0): Direct-Access 1013MB (2074880 512 byte sectors)
> 
> 	Are there any known problems with this drive?  Anything I should
> have jumpered that isn't?  Settings on the controller that I've missed?

Some firmware revisions of this drive have problems with large read/write
operations.  I'd suggest searching the list archives...

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