Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 22:52:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu> To: dyson@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strange error with WD family disk Message-ID: <199608300352.WAA29674@night.primate.wisc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608300310.WAA01078@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Aug 29, 96 10:10:10 pm
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>> Sort of dumb question, but you are kidding right? >> >> If not then how does someone get the updated microcode? Or do we have >> to return the drive to Western Digital? >> >I have an RMA about to ship 2 of 'em back now (a 1.6GB, and a 2.5GB) that >have completely failed. They do have a download with which you can effect >the microcode update (their term for it is an "overlay".) Before applying >the patch, you need to scan the disk for bad spots (and I guess it does >bad block forwarding.) Unfortunately, you need to run MS-DOS to perform >the update :-(. > >Again, this is not definitive, but WD appears to know about the problem, >and there is "something" wrong. Do you have the URL for this update? I just went poking around on ftp.wdc.com but I'm not sure what I'm looking for, and there weren't any obvious clues that I saw.
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