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In article <CRS14.91Feb19174526@exua.exua.exeter.ac.uk>, crs14@exua.exeter.ac.uk (Course user 14) writes:

 >Well...I performed a low-level format on a 'Shinwa D220' 32M hard drive 
 >and subsequently it has hard errors on the first 20 or so cylinders. The
 >drive had been in use for some time and never given any trouble until I 
 >got my greasy mits on it.

 >Has this happened to anyone other than myself ?  Is it possible to find a
 >way of making the drive useable ? I don't like throwing things away unless
 >their DEAD.
>
 >p.s. The drive came in an OPUS PV5 and has since been replaced with a Seagate
 >unit, the controller is a Western Digital WD 1003-RA2 

     This may sound silly, but...

     Here on beep we went through 3 hard disks and 2 controllers before I
finally figured out what was happening.  The symptoms were:

	0.  Format the drive (low-level)
	1.  Do "fdisk" and all...
	2.  After a while system wouldn't boot, gave "boot fail" message.
	3.  Nothing (ARRRRRRGH!) <=me  8-[
     
     I finally figured out that the disk drive itself had thermal problems,
i.e. I have to let it "warm-up" just like an old tube-style radio!  So now,
beep has two power supplies and the disk drives NEVER get shut down; besides
UNIX doesn't like to be shut down...

     If I have to shut down the disk drives, I let the drives run by
themselves for an hour or so, then boot the system normally.

-- 
					Kris
					key!beep!kris -OR- woodowl!beep!kris

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 are like fish without water to swim in;                       Was (Not Was)
 their eyes bugging out, they flop on the beach                "Shadow & Jimmy"
 and stare up at the girls who are just out of reach."