Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!atc!hawkmoon!det From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 6085 RLL (does it work?) Message-ID: <1991Apr18.072855.4407@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> Date: 18 Apr 91 07:28:55 GMT Article-I.D.: hawkmoon.1991Apr18.072855.4407 References: Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions); Eagan, MN, 55123-2507, USA Lines: 19 richard@murna.asis.unimelb.edu.au (Richard Begg) writes: > Is there anyone who has had success with RLL formatting a miniscribe 6085 > drive? I just bought a RLL card for mine, and while it seems to work OK, > I though I'd get spinrite to have a look at it. It is failing an > alarming number of the pattern tests. Is this a common problem ? I was able to format my 6085 with rll, but reformatting the same drive right away again generally produced different bad blocks. Also, i kept losing blocks that i couldn't map out whilst running unix, which is "not a good thing." I finally gave up with rll on the drive. I never was sure whether it was the hardware (i.e., the drive) or the software (i.e., esix 5.3.2-d) since esix specifically disclaimed support for rll drives. Sigh.... derek -- Derek "Tigger" Terveer det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG -- U of MN Women's Lax I am the way and the truth and the light, I know all the answers; don't need your advice. -- "I am the way and the truth and the light" -- The Legendary Pink Dots