Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:56:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:56:13 -0400 Received: from [213.38.169.194] ([213.38.169.194]:29189 "EHLO proxy.herefordshire.gov.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:56:11 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Randal, Phil" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: IBM Desktar disk problem? Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 16:04:57 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3420 Lines: 105 Here's a good place to start: http://www.geocities.com/dtla_update/ Cheers, Phil --------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: Anton Altaparmakov [mailto:aia21@cantab.net] > Sent: 05 July 2002 15:30 > To: Thunder from the hill > Cc: Daniel Egger; venom@sns.it; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: IBM Desktar disk problem? > > > At 15:03 05/07/02, Thunder from the hill wrote: > >On 5 Jul 2002, Daniel Egger wrote: > > > > > > Buy decent drives, then get DriveFitnessTest (DFT) from > their website > > > and check the harddrives, note the TRC number, request an > RMA on their > > > website and ship the drives as soon as possible to IBM. > Wait for the > > > replacement drives and sell them ASAP on Ebay to some > freaks who don't > > > give a dime about data security. > > > > > > >...and tell all the people who got a DTLA (because it's not > as expensive > >as others in some countries, mind France, USA, Germany) to drop their > >disks if they want to use Linux, because we're too lazy to find a > >solution. That might be cool to you, but we want HARDWARE SUPPORT for > >Linux! That's why we're here. > > > >There _is_ a solution, we just have to find it. > > Um, the solution is already known. Upgrade the firmware on > the drive, low > level format if the drive thinks there are bad sectors, and > be happy. At > least it worked for me... > > The very first question when making a support call for my > broken deathstar > was "Have you installed the firmware update?" "No." "Download > it here and > install, come back if it still doesn't work." > > I never thought it would work but it did! It seems there is > something wrong > in the firmware the drives are shipped with and some > suppliers obviously > know this considering my experience... When I was running the > DFT test > utility it was telling me my drive is broken and needs to be > returned. > After the firmware update the same test utility passed all > tests repeatedly! > > With 5 deathstars (one DTLA and four IC ones), all with > firmware updates > now, I have no problems and the oldest of the drives is now > over 3 years > old IIRC and some are pretty much in constant spun-up state > since purchase... > > The only problem I can see is that IBM is not pushing people > to apply the > firmware updates. I have never been even able to find where > to download > them on the IBM website. - I downloaded them from the website > of my supplier... > > Best regards, > > Anton > > > -- > "I've not lost my mind. It's backed up on tape somewhere." > - Unknown > -- > Anton Altaparmakov (replace at with @) > Linux NTFS Maintainer / IRC: #ntfs on irc.openprojects.net > WWW: http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ & http://www-stu.christs.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/