From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 5 02:27:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA17264 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 02:27:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA17257 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 02:27:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA07534; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 21:05:32 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602051035.VAA07534@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Problem with new drive (Connor CFP1060S 1.05GD 243F) To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 21:05:32 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602050910.KAA04319@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Feb 5, 96 10:10:32 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch stands accused of saying: > > > 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... > > But at any rate, this should not cause the drive to spin down, don't > you think? I don't recall spindowns being a symptom of that problem, no. I'm just suggesting that even if the spin problem is a fauly power connector, the drive's firmware may still be problematic. I should have been a bit clearer about that I guess; my call is still to ditch the disk ASAP. > cheers, J"org -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[