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From: drg@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu (David Gutierrez)
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Subject: Re: lost Quantum drive
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Date: 11 Oct 90 17:20:40 GMT
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In article <1990Oct11.052227.11784@slhisc.uucp> ken@slhisc.uucp (Ken 
Stamm) writes:
> I also have been able on rare occasions and unintentionally to place
> the SCSI controller on Quantum drives into a state where they seem for 
all
> the world "busted", until one gets the bright idea to cycle their power.

That happens here, too. I can usually fix it by booting the offending 
machine from a floppy and then doing a Restart. If that doesn't work, I 
boot from the floppy again and can usually mount the hard disk with the 
SCSIProbe cdev. You can get SCSIProbe at sumex and other places.

David Gutierrez
drg@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard