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From: sdy@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ugly Bag of Mostly Water)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: HD formatting/mounting questions
Keywords: NDR3170S, SF&I, Disk Mounting
Message-ID: <1346@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 3 Oct 89 17:41:21 GMT
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Is there anyone willing to send me the correct SF&I setup for an NDR3170S
hard drive? I had formatted it once and thought I had it running correctly but
SCSI Evaluator showed a bad block so I tried reformatting and now it fails
the initialization phase and won't mount. I tried the SCSI Cdev and it still
wouldn't mount. Strangely enough SCSI Evaluator lets me verify the whole drive.

A few times booting I'd get the "initialize" dialog and it claims that it wrote
a directory but no disk appears. I have tried rebooting, powering down, and
resetting PRAM but nothing works. Disk First Aid refuses to access the disk
and occasionally SCSI Evaluator will refuse to get the drive/other geometry but
on the second or third try it will put up drive data that looks correct.

This is on a 2Meg 512e w/RELAX SCSI board running 6.02 from a floppy with only
the NDR3170S connected. Also I was using SF&I version 1.0 and SCSI Evaluator
version 1.0.

And if anyone knows why occasionally my disk squeals/whines (like a full head
thrash, not a powerup beep) I'd like to know.


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