Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 20:07:33 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net> To: Keith Mitchell <kmitch@weenix.guru.org> Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Micropolis 4221WT Drive Message-ID: <19971008200733.26786@Mars.Mcs.Net> In-Reply-To: <199710090016.UAA02602@weenix.guru.org>; from Keith Mitchell on Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 08:16:17PM -0400 References: <199710090016.UAA02602@weenix.guru.org>
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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
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