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On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 21:15 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> RacerX writes:
> 
> > The hardware has ran for over 8 years - you don't think that after 8 years
> > its going to show wear and tear? I do/would.
> 
> It's not going to suddenly fail on the very day and hour that I install
> FreeBSD.
> 
> > We as humans are not perfect - so that means the things we make can't be
> > perfect either. They will break down, even die. I suspect that if you put
> > in new hardware, the issues will remove themselves.
> 
> No, they will not.  Unless someone can explain to me what the problem is
> with FreeBSD, the only way to resolve the issues is to reinstall Windows
> NT, which doesn't seem to have a problem with these SCSI drives.
> 
Perhaps you could try a live CD. Knoppix or Freesbie and see if the
trouble is gone.

Just a thought :)

Robert