[iyonix-support] Re: No lists this month?

  • From: Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:56:06 +0100

In article <4BC18668-2EB5-431A-AECD-5F6B15377686@xxxxxxxxxx>, John
Ballance <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Quick and simple answer ..  Part of the startup process is to talk to
> the drives using simple programmed i/o to see what is there.. My best
> suggestion of what you saw was that the diagnostics reply wasn't as
> expected, or didn't complete, thus hanging the io bus.


Thanks John. After all, drive 5 was making some horrible noises. I'm not
surprised it caused confusion.

Now I think I should make one of those movies where a hard drive is
dropped from a great height onto concrete...

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Tim Hill                                         Ba
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