From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robin Bowes Subject: Recover SCSI disks Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:40:31 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:9374 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751124AbVJTO5g (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:57:36 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1ESblI-0006Da-6O for linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:51:20 +0200 Received: from 83-216-145-213.pambow882.adsl.metronet.co.uk ([83.216.145.213]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:51:20 +0200 Received: from robin-lists by 83-216-145-213.pambow882.adsl.metronet.co.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:51:20 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Hi, I've got a Compaq U2 storage array connected to a Compaw Smart 2/p controller with an assortment of 4.3GB and 9.1GB disks that I use for testing purposes. Some of the drives have "died" on me, i.e. I get yellow lights when they are plugged into the arrays. Is it possible to do anything low-level to ressurect these drives? e.g. take them out of their caddies, connected them directly to a SCSI controller and low-level format them or something? (There's no data on them - I just want them to work again!) Any suggestions appreciated. R. -- http://robinbowes.com If a man speaks in a forest, and his wife's not there, is he still wrong?