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From: qbarnes@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Quentin Barnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: GVP AT drive problem
Message-ID: <1991Feb17.063151.8783@urbana.mcd.mot.com>
Date: 17 Feb 91 06:31:51 GMT
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I own a GVP 68030 card with a built-on AT controller.  The 40MB
AT drive I have has been acting up.  If I touch specific files
on the disk, I can hear the head constantly seeking until I've forced
it to go to another part of the disk.  'info' reports no errors
and I receive no error requestor from the OS.

1) What bad block replacement strategy does AT drives use (if any)?
2) Where can I find further technical information on these controllers?
3) Anyone have this problem (or a possible solution)?

Quentin Barnes
qbarnes@urbana.mcd.mot.com
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