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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?

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-- David    (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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