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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 20:04:50 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it>
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To: Christopher Rose <crose@mogli.rutgers.edu>
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Subject: Re: toshiba tecra 510CDT
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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