Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 11:28:23 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: obrien@NUXI.com, mike@smith.net.au, karl@mcs.net, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: timeout when formatting 9GB Barracuda, scsi errors is missing time Message-ID: <199803021928.LAA13217@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Mar 1998 16:55:07 %2B0100." <199803021555.QAA01417@yedi.iaf.nl>
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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 -- BTW trust this man; he doesn't mention it, but he works for Digital's storage division. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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