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Re: What does this mean
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Michael Weller)
Wed Aug 12 12:19:57 1998
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:31:18 +0200 (MESZ)
From: "Dr. Michael Weller" <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>
To: John Ronan <j0n@spirit.wit.ie>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980812140202.j0n@spirit.wit.ie>
On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, John Ronan wrote:
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> This is from a Brand new out of the BOX IBM 34560
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> Does it mean what I think.. ie the disk is damadged?
Yep. The drive explicitly reports it has problems with the disk surface.
Now, in theory this could also mean it is not (low level) formatted at
all, but I think there is an explicit FORMAT ERROR defined to be returned
in this case.
Nevertheless (if you did not yet), you might want to try to low level
format this new disk before you return it to the vendor, maybe this is the
problem. Of course, if it is has real surface problems, reformatting might
cure these too, but typically only for a short while.
Michael.
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