Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 20:04:50 +0200 (MET DST) From: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it> To: Christopher Rose <crose@mogli.rutgers.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: toshiba tecra 510CDT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970724200302.570A-100000@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it> In-Reply-To: <9707241730.AA05491@mogli>
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On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Christopher Rose wrote: [..] > 5) Someone suggested that the disk might be overheating. Pretty > reasonable since the Toshiba decides to shut down if it gets too hot. > So (you can laugh it you'd like) I got an ice pack (gel pack actually) > and placed it under the disk (portion of the casing), elevated the > casing and then brought my standup fan nearby and let'er rip. Papers > were curling and flying around occasionally, the disk stayed cool to > the touch (not cold), AND BSD STILL HUNG ON BAD BLOCKS. It also still > died later with kernel panics when I did not check for bad blocks. sorry Chris but This is too cool !!! ;-) Marco
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