Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 16:55:07 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: obrien@NUXI.com Cc: mike@smith.net.au, karl@mcs.net, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: timeout when formatting 9GB Barracuda, scsi errors is missing time Message-ID: <199803021555.QAA01417@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <19980301203501.09596@nuxi.com> from "David E. O'Brien" at "Mar 1, 98 08:35:01 pm"
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As David E. O'Brien wrote... > > 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? No. Unless you have problems with them. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' --------------- Support your local daemons: run [Free,Net,Open]BSD Unix -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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