Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 20:35:01 -0800 From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: timeout when formatting 9GB Barracuda, scsi errors is missing time Message-ID: <19980301203501.09596@nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <199803012121.NAA09745@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:21:48PM -0800 References: <19980301214334.35736@klemm.gtn.com> <199803012121.NAA09745@dingo.cdrom.com>
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> Er, rule 1: Do not perform a SCSI format on a disk unless you > absolutely *MUST*. Disks are formatted at the factory under optimal > conditions. You can't reproduce those anywhere else. What about for ancient (4 years+) you inherit? Is a good idea to low level format them then? -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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