Xref: utzoo comp.periphs.scsi:2565 comp.unix.sysv386:7979 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!mcnc!rock.concert.net!abc From: abc@rock.concert.net (Alan Clegg) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: BIG problem with 1542B and Quantum disks Keywords: scsi quantum 1542b Message-ID: <1991May10.140925.7452@rock.concert.net> Date: 10 May 91 14:09:25 GMT References: <1991May9.002915.262@wyvern.uucp> Organization: MCNC Center for Communications Lines: 19 In article <1991May9.002915.262@wyvern.uucp> tmanos@wyvern.uucp (Tom Manos) writes: . When both drives are installed and mounted doing: . find -depth -print | cpio -pd > . will hang the system after a random but small number of copies. The disks . will seem to slow down for a few seconds, until they come to a complete halt . from which there is no return save the reset button. The second disk is . totally unusable. As long as I'm only accessing one disk, everything works. Are you saying that the drives actually spin down? If so, you may not have a large enough power supply in your machine. [Stupid suggestion, but, who knows...] -abc -- "this is a hellacious hairball and we | Alan Clegg - Network Programmer need to start by acknowledging that | MCNC -- Center for Communications everybody can't get what they want" | Research Triangle Park, NC, USA [ Paul Vixie, on RFC-822 Extensions ] | abc@concert.net, abc@mcnc.org