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From: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>
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To: current@FreeBSD.ORG, ejh@mnw.eas.slu.edu
Subject: Re:  Disk drive errors Toshiba 6200M
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> Hi all,
> I suspect that both disk drives may have problems
> but before i attempt to get warranty repair
> Could this be software related?
> 
> I bought two 6200M's and both mother boards exhibit similiar
> problems.
> I have configured two 6200M's into one with 64M memory and one processor.
> Two disks by  MICROPOLIS of model 4345WS 
> FreeBSD current FreeBSD 3.0-980520-SNAP would not successfully
> newfs the f partition. I think the system just hung.
> The SNAP with the CAM changes would successfully complete.
> The current problem is that both disks will come up with errors
> and go "offline".

Try a low level format. I had similar problem with one of my SCSI disks,
and a LL format fixed it.

-lq

> Thanks
> Eric Haug
> Saint Louis University
> 

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