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Re: 3 Novell Formatted ST41200NM's ( Follow up )
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James W. Laferriere)
Thu Nov 28 22:56:41 1996
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 20:54:14 -0800 (PST)
From: "James W. Laferriere" <babydr@nwrain.net>
To: "Stephen E. Shipman" <seshipma@wixer.syrinx.org>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961124101202.9475A-100000@wixer.syrinx.org>
On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Stephen E. Shipman wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > Yes I tried the formating utility that came with the NCR Card
> > but to no avail. It formatted fine but still wouldn't see the
> > 20 missing cyl's.
> >
> > Under the sunos formatter I tried to format it with the
> > Cyl's 1929/2, Hds 15, S/T 71, all it got me was the (approx.)
> > error ,
> > 'drive reports 1528.... blocks & is configurred for 1537.....'
> > and lots of Sense code data from the format utilty.
> >
> > Speaking of low level formatters are there any in the PD ?
> > Failing that the aft mentioned 'destructive test suite' ?
>
Stephen,
> Hmm, so low-leveling the drive was a no-go, eh?
This particular formatter didn't even give me a place to
modify or verify the the actual geometry of the drive
it just says format Or not.
> I'm not sure about pub.
> domain formatters/testers -- the testers tend to be pretty vendor
> specific (which is why I mentioned Compaq's by name).
> Does the NCR card
> have a test suite?
Not that I have from their OEM ( this is an SC-200 ASUS )
So I went to www.asus.com whixh led me to a sister site
in Tiawan, which last version was from 1994, OK heck with
that wnet to NCR, which finally led to Symbios Logic & there
ftp site ( phooiiieee ;-), finally found something there
concerning pci-scsi chips & what not. Maybe one of these
Zip files will have a -real- Formatting & Diagnostics tools.
If they do I'll be posting the URL to get them from.
> All else failing it might be worth a call to SDI - I
> don't have a number for them handy, but they're based in Milpitas, CA.
Actually did, Didn't get much of a response since I'm not using
Novell Netware.
Tnx, JimL
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