Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:04:49 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Eric Sabban <eric@clickrebates.com> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 sysinstall fails to recognize disks Message-ID: <200003231804.KAA01112@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:56:46 PST." <38DA5ADE.27FD7481@clickrebates.com>
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I say again, DO NOT low-level format the drive. The _only_ situation where it's worth taking this risk is when you're seeing errors from the drive itself specifically referring to formatting issues; eg. 'address mark not found'. There are no other circumstances which justify this action, and a great deal of harm can come from it. > I normally wouldn't recommend it. But the same situation with a different (not to be mentioned) OS happened to me. > After hours of being frustrated, I decided the scsi controller went south. A cow-orker told me to LL the drive, > and voila, magic. These were IBM LVD 10kRPM drives, brand spankin new. I'd recommend updating sysinstall first, if > that doesn't work, LL the drives. Wrong solution. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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