Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ames!amdahl!nsc!decwrl!furilo.dec.com!mason From: mason@furilo.dec.com (Explaining is not understanding) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: HD Error handling. Message-ID: <10410@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Wed, 17-Jun-87 07:58:26 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.10410 Posted: Wed Jun 17 07:58:26 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 09:34:12 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 12 I am using a serial hard disk (MacBottom 20) on the printer port of a 512Ke with 2MB of MacMemory, and running 4.1/5.5. Can anyone answer the following questions: 1) What is the name of the driver? 2) How many retries does it attempt on a read (or write) error? 3) Given a hard error, how does it proceed? Any recovery? 4) Can the retry count be modified? If so, how (where)? Thanks a lot (in advance). Gary