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From: mtidgewell@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Hot Fix Disabled!!!(Again) :-(
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.130409.36812@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 14 Dec 90 18:04:07 GMT
Organization: Wesleyan University Computing Center
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I need some input on a Novell problem.  I have a file server running SFT 2.25c, 
some MFM drives, a SCSI controller(WD7000FASST/Otrack VADD 2.0) connected to a
CDC Wren-Runner(320M Formatted), NE-2000, Ominet, NL-1000(Apppletalk) all with
a WD-M20 motherboard.  Everything works fine for a while(2-3 days).  Then all
the sudden the Hot-fix gets shut off for the SCSI drive.  There are usally few
or no I/O errors on the channel.  We can continue running the drive with no
trouble.  I asked around and everyone tells me it's a MAJOR problem and the
drive is going to die any second, but it keeps on running.  I've run Ontrack/N
on it and it always scans clean.  I've been told to run Compsurf on it instead
of Ontrack, but I haven't be able to convinse the users to give it up fot 36+
hours nessesary.  They been running without hot fixes for 4 weeks now.  Any
help with this problem would be greatly appriciated.

			Matt
			MTIDGEWELL@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU