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Article #399Re: uVII Cust Diags Tape Needed
From: Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:07
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:07
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In article <1992Apr15.101333.220@cutler>, michael@cutler.com (Michael D. Shields) writes: > We've got an RD53 (don't laugh too hard) that is in the process of flaking > out. At this point, it's occasionally replacing bad blocks at multiple > locations on the disk. I'd like to try reformatting the drive in an > attempt to bring it back online. Yah, yah, I know it's 67MB is > dwarfed by our 1.34GB drives, but we can use the space. Are you in a BA123? Have you installed the RD53 FCO that replaces the cable between the RQDXn and the M9058 signal distribution board with a shielded one? If not, that it probably the cause of your problem, and a reformat won't help permanently - the problem will come back. Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!mips!swrinde!gatech!rutgers!spcvxb.spc.edu!terry From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: uVII Cust Diags Tape Needed Message-ID: <1992Apr15.180752.2643@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 15 Apr 92 22:07:52 GMT References: <1992Apr15.101333.220@cutler> Organization: St. Peter's College, US Lines: 15