From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eightythree.valleybikes.com (valleybikes.com [24.123.22.113]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D6B2482A for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:13:21 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Disk problems From: James Smith To: Derek Engelhaupt Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org In-Reply-To: <20021123015234.15604.qmail@web12501.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20021123015234.15604.qmail@web12501.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: 25 Nov 2002 12:13:15 -0500 Message-Id: <1038244395.441.13.camel@seventy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: its the original seagate disk that came with it the disk still works in the mac, so its not dead i dont have anything other than macs & the workstations that are scsi would a low level format on the mac do the same as low level using an adaptec card ? James S On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 20:52, Derek Engelhaupt wrote: > > Well quit putting them in those darn macs....just kidding. Who makes the disk? IBM has certain tools like their drive fitness tests that has saved me a few times. Seagate and others probably have similar tools. Check their support sites and it may just be a matter of the wrong block size written by your mac. IBM drives are especially notorious for having weird block sizes and such. > derek > James Smith wrote:I just got a pile of 712/60's - $80 for 10 of em :) > > > i've set one up & now i'm going through the disks one at a time & > cloning them as its quicker than going through the install each time > > > i've hit one disk that gives me this whenever i try to fdisk it > > > sixty:~# fdisk /dev/sdb > > Unable to read /dev/sdb > > > when i tried to zero the disk, i got this.... > > sixty:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb count=1 bs=512 > dd: writing `/dev/sdb': Input/output error > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > > the console sees the disk when i use search > > does this indicate a dead disk? > > the disk was ok until i put it into a mac...... > > James S > > > > _______________________________________________ > parisc-linux mailing list > parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org > http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now