From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Oct 8 18:07:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA27557 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 18:07:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA27552 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 18:07:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id UAA15778; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 20:07:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id UAA00702; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 20:07:33 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19971008200733.26786@Mars.Mcs.Net> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 20:07:33 -0500 From: Karl Denninger To: Keith Mitchell Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Micropolis 4221WT Drive References: <199710090016.UAA02602@weenix.guru.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.64 In-Reply-To: <199710090016.UAA02602@weenix.guru.org>; from Keith Mitchell on Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 08:16:17PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 08:16:17PM -0400, Keith Mitchell wrote: > Hi, > > I had to replace a Micropolis 4221 recently (the thing had a head crash) and > I have been experiencing lockups (no error messages, just hard lockups -- the > SCSI light is light solid when this happens) ever since. Those drives SUCK. Faster controllers (like the recent Adaptecs) blow them out of the water. I ditched all my Micropolis disks almost a year ago over this very issue. I believe some of them were even 4221s. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex modem support is now available Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| 56kbps DIGITAL ISDN DOV on analog lines! Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal