From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 16 20:53:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA01974 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 20:53:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phantasma.bevc.blacksburg.va.us (root@phantasma.bevc.blacksburg.va.us [198.82.200.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA01967 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 20:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kmitch@localhost) by phantasma.bevc.blacksburg.va.us (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA02281; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 23:53:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Keith Mitchell Message-Id: <199604170353.XAA02281@phantasma.bevc.blacksburg.va.us> Subject: Re: Conner CFP1080S - bad drive?? To: jbrann@panix.com Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 23:53:01 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604170313.XAA01422@jbrann.dialup.access.net> from John Brann at "Apr 16, 96 11:13:57 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL13 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > But mine has run like a trouper for a year (I would guess >360 days up time) > with zero problems. Talk about tempting fate... My original drive did run for about six months just fine. > Seriously, given that a second drive does the same thing, what's with > the controller? Well, I am using an Adaptec 2940W (same as you?) and I have 4 other drives none of which have problems (dat/cdrom/jaz/quantum hd). Removing the conner solves all problems. Add it back and I have problems again. I've checked with adaptec and I do have their latest BIOS.