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- From: rickc@netcom.com (Ricky A. Coldwell)
- Subject: Maxtor disk on md21
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.231552.10716@netcom.com>
- Summary: problem formatting disk on md21
- Keywords: disk md21 Maxtor
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 23:15:52 GMT
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- SUB: Connecting a Maxtor to an MD21/23 controller....
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- sd0: Micropolis 1558 (Unit 1)
- sd1: Maxtor 8760 (ESDI) (Unit 2)
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- Parameters used: ncyl=1614, acyl=2, pcyl=1616, nhead=15, nsect=51
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- Drive formats but displays the following information:
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- Formatting...done
- Block 1235475 (1615/0/0), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
- Warning: error saving defect list.
- Block 1235526 (1615/1/0), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
- Warning: error saving defect list.
- Block 1236190 (1615/14/1), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
- Warning: error writing backup label.
- Block 1236192 (1615/14/3), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
- Warning: error writing backup label.
- Block 1236194 (1615/14/5), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
- Warning: error writing backup label.
- Block 1236196 (1615/14/7), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
- Warning: error writing backup label.
- Block 1236198 (1615/14/9), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
- Warning: error writing backup label.
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- Verification (2 passes) are then completed.
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- But I cannot label the disk.........
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- If you change the parameters to ncyl=1610, acyl=2, pcyl=1612
- You get the same errors except cyl 1611 is displayed..
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- What am I doing wrong?
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