atom feed13 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-scsiRe: is this device bad?
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Todd CohenApr 23, 2001 5:03 pm 
Kenneth D. MerryApr 23, 2001 5:16 pm 
J WunschApr 24, 2001 3:49 am 
Mike SquiresApr 24, 2001 6:33 am 
Todd CohenApr 24, 2001 9:10 am 
Kenneth D. MerryApr 24, 2001 9:23 am 
Todd CohenApr 24, 2001 9:24 am 
Kenneth D. MerryApr 24, 2001 9:55 am 
Todd CohenApr 24, 2001 11:43 am 
Kenneth D. MerryApr 24, 2001 11:55 am 
Todd CohenApr 24, 2001 11:59 am 
Kenneth D. MerryApr 24, 2001 2:07 pm 
Todd CohenApr 24, 2001 2:51 pm 
Subject:Re: is this device bad?
From:Kenneth D. Merry (ke@kdm.org)
Date:Apr 24, 2001 9:23:48 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-scsi

On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:10:27 -0400, Todd Cohen wrote:

Well, I don't know how to do a low level format on this machine.. it's an AlphaStation. I ran the following as someone else suggested, it doesn't report any errors.. but later in dmesg I get errors:

camcontrol format da1

That is a low level format.

da1 at sym0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 da1: <SEAGATE ST410800N 7114> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device da1: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8) da1: Attempt to query device size failed: MEDIUM ERROR, Medium format corrupted (da1:sym0:0:4:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (da1:sym0:0:4:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:31,0 (da1:sym0:0:4:0): Medium format corrupted field replaceable unit: 1 (da1:sym0:0:4:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (da1:sym0:0:4:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:31,0 (da1:sym0:0:4:0): Medium format corrupted field replaceable unit: 1 (da1:sym0:0:4:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (da1:sym0:0:4:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:31,0 (da1:sym0:0:4:0): Medium format corrupted field replaceable unit: 1

If those errors popped up after the format (you might want to power cycle as well), then you've probably got a bad drive.

Ken

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