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Article #134Re: Warp Connect trashing SCSI-2 disk
From: John Chase
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:00
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Mustafa Soysal MS57 wrote:
>
> Subject says it all. A 4GB disk turned into a 1GB disk.
>
> IBM doesn't know how to help.
Assuming it's a "new" disk:
1. Did you low-level format using your host adapter's LLF utility?
2. Do you have the correct device driver installed for your host
adapter, and is it correctly configured?
> Drive manufacturer checked with a utility for the internal geometry
> information, that shows 4GB. There isn't a problem as we have first
> suspected.
I had a similar experience when I installed a Quantum 2Gb drive with an
Adaptec HA. Low-level format cured the problem.
-jc-
>
> On top of all this, it could destroy the replacement drive exactly the
> same way.
>
> --
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