Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:12025 comp.unix.i386:5832 comp.periphs:2945 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!ziggy!usfvax2!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386,comp.periphs Subject: Re: Miniscribe 340 MB Drive Message-ID: <2675062A.18F@tct.uucp> Date: 12 Jun 90 15:11:37 GMT References: <1990Jun5.162206.17283@cbnewsm.att.com> Followup-To: comp.periphs Organization: ComDev/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 13 According to dab@cbnewsm.att.com (david.a.berk): >I am contemplating purchasing a Miniscribe 340 MB ESDI drive >model M9830E. Anyone have any experiences with this drive? The machine "tct" runs off of one of these. It works fine in a Compaq Deskpro 386/25. Some time ago I reported that it was generating spontaneous bad blocks. Eventually I had to reformat it, because the bad track table was full. I used the Compaq diagnostics to do a low-level format. Presto! The format came up clean, and no more bad blocks since then. -- Chip, the new t.b answer man ,