Re: Hard Drive woes...

[glyn@cs.ualberta.ca (Devin Reade)]

In article <5ctsmt$9nf$1@news.nero.net>,
Evan Day <day@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> wrote:
>When I try to format the disk, it spins up, makes a little noise.  After
>a variable amount of time (anywhere from 30 seconds to over an hour), I
>get a RamFAST MLI error:
>	Command: 03-04 83 00 60 00 00 00 00 00
>	Status: 27

I think what you have there is a paperweight.

I had the same symptoms a few years back with my original tape drive
after I forgot to power down the expansion chassis when I disconnected
the drive from the bus.  Fzzzt.

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	Devin Reade	gdr@myrias.com