[tech] morwong's disks

[Grahame Bowland]

On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 21:26, James Andrewartha wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Paul Day wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Paul Day wrote:
> > > > We've been damned lucky. Similar Seagate 9Gbs fail all the time at UCS
> > > > and we have an air conditioned machine room. I'd say go the 2 * RAID-1
> > > > disk sets. Seems like the best option.
> > >
> > > Yeah, I've had similar problems with those 9GB SCSI Seagates. You can get
> > > them pretty cheap from the US though.
> > 
> > Actually, James has just informed me that I actually provided one of them
> > - so for the reocrd, I claim no responsibility if it dies and strongly
> > recommend RAID1. ;)
> 
> Good call: 
> 
>   Initializing device dsk8.
>                                                                                                                                     
>   Initialization of disk device dsk8 failed.
>   Error: lsm:voldisk: ERROR: Device dsk8: define failed:
>         Disk read failure
> lsm:voldisk: ERROR: voldisk: Warning couldn't update disklabel on dsk8
> Hit RETURN to continue.
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> Goodbye.
> 
> (dsk8 is said 9gig quantum viking II from Paul)
> 
> Mustang: do you still have those SCA SBBs floating around?

James,

Is it still in warranty? If it is, I can lend a 9Gb Seagate until a
replacement turns up.

Cheers
Grahame