Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 03:07:28 GMT From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SCSI low level format, good or bad Message-ID: <35021f91.30584272@mail.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <199803012359.PAA10350@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <199803012359.PAA10350@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 01 Mar 1998 15:59:14 -0800, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote: >No. Conditions at the factory include >an extremely stable physical platform, Don't format your drive while jumping up and down on your desk. >minimal EMI, Don't format your drive while climbing a high-voltage wire tower. >clean power Buy a cheap UPS from the local office supply. >long-term thermal stability. Warm up your drive for a while. >No. I'll say it again; unless you *must* reformat, don't. >Reformatting will degrade the quality of the entire disk. I'm not convinced. -- Browser war over, Mozilla now free. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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