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From: eric@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Eric J. Nihill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,u3b.tech
Subject: 3B2 Drives
Keywords: Maxtor?
Message-ID: <4263@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US>
Date: 31 Oct 90 20:22:22 GMT
Organization: Sacramento Public Access, Ca. USA
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I am attempting to use a few Maxtor XT-1065 drives on a
AT&T 3B2/400.
I can get the drive to write the defect table and to format.
When I attempt to write the sanity pattern, however, I get
the following message:

GETPHYS:  Could not initialize disk 0


If I attempt to write the sanity pattern for the second time,
the hard disk lets out a howl and then writes the pattern ok.
The drive seems to be very noisy. As it is formatting and 
verifing, the drive makes a serirs of regular clicks. Also, upon
first power-up, the drive will let out a howl.

After writing the pattern, I can start loading the core. However,
when I get to the point that the system tries to restart itself
from hard disk, (first core disk), I get the following:

SELF-CHECK

FW ERROR 1-02: DISK SANITY FAILURE
               EXECUTION HALTED

SYSTEM FAILURE: CONSULT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION UTILITES GUIDE


This is not isolated to one drive. Several model XT-1065's
and XT-1140's are doing on several different 3B2/310 and
3B2/400's.
The drives have been deemed good by a service facility.

Is there a hardware incompatability between Maxtor drives and
AT&T 3B2's?

I am using idtools and also connected to the mother board.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

					Eric
					eric@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US


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