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From: striker@ncoast.UUCP (Robert Forsythe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Busted Newbury 1140 Fixed Disk (Aaargh! Help!)
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Date: Mon, 5-Oct-87 00:42:39 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  5 00:42:39 1987
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Keywords: 140meg Newbury NDR Maxtor Problem!
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I have just purchased a Newbury (read: Maxtor) 140meg fixed disk, low level 
formatted it under DOS and installed it permanently under SCO Xenix V/386.
After installation and mount as the /usr filesystem (/dev/u --> /usr), I ran
a few benchmarks overnight.  In the morning I was treated to a rude surprise,
I was getting repeated "error on fixed disk (minor 64) ... sector=0 cylinder/hd=
0/0".  My god, what the heck is that supposed to mean??!!  Okay, so I shut down 
and let the thing cool off (BTW, this is an IBM AT w/ Inboard 386 & 6.5Meg).
When I turn the thing back on, I get a 1790 AND 1781 error!!  I boot Xenix and
I can't even open the raw device to the friggin thing.  Okay, so I must have
munged something somewhere.  I try to redo a low level format and BANG!, I get
errors all over the place.  One public domain ATDIAG program even had the gall 
to tell me that my controller may have croaked.  I try it as disk0 (without the
Priam 60M that is my /dev/rroot ---> /), still wild problems abound.

Anyone face this kind of ridiculous cr-p, or am I the only sucker who bought
a Newbury/Maxtor 1140?????  Any suggestions? (I tried cust. support and THEY
say "go to the people you bought it from, we CAN'T help you".  Great, the people
I bought it from are out of business...
(Interesting note: when I boot Xenix and run without mounting (read: trying to 
mount) the 1140, it SQUEALS!  Yes, SQUEALS!  It apparently thinks it's disk0 and


mimics the seeks, etc. of the Priam... ) (-more98%- It also seems that the 1140
is causing static interference at a scale large enough to produce "chatter" over
the built in speaker on the AT!  How's that for incredible...?)

Thanks for any help and suggestions in advance - forgive the length of my post.
My reaction is proportional to the money and wasted time spent on this drive.

Robert Forsythe
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