Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:56:53 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: Dr Josef Karthauser <joe@karthauser.co.uk>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drive failures with ada on FreeBSD-9.1, driver bug or wiring issue? Message-ID: <51E84885.9070500@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <8AB7617E-791C-45D8-9FA1-A927057EE048@mac.com> References: <20130716225013.1C63B23A@babel.karthauser.co.uk> <60F7BE75-5E2F-471E-A9CE-AF4CD17D96E2@karthauser.co.uk> <281DBD06-81D5-4DDD-9464-B96C80C22C3F@gid.co.uk> <51E7DA7C.8060105@netfence.it> <5B6FB80D-609D-4336-B3F8-C09AA7CACB44@karthauser.co.uk> <8AB7617E-791C-45D8-9FA1-A927057EE048@mac.com>
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On 07/18/13 21:31, Charles Swiger wrote: > Updating the firmware and increasing the timeout before these spin down > automagically is likely to help, but as Andrea noted, such drives do > have quite a history of timeout problems due to excessive head parking > and their power conservation attempts. Just for the record, I've been using them for several months without a hitch; it's just a matter of finding the correct settings/firmware/OS version/controller. This is to say you should be able to get them to work, altough you might require some luck (or some sort of divination). bye av.home | help
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