From: Bryan Guest, BMI Internet (bryan.guest@bmts.com)
Date: Wed Feb 18 2004 - 10:39:31 EST
Hello:
I have recently tried to format and recycle some older 4.2Gb drives.
When I first stuck them in a system (E250), they all powered up and showed a
default disk label/partition.
However when I tried to format the first one, it appears the disk went
offline. In any event the machine hung on the following SCSI error:
scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3 (glm0):
Disconnected tagged cmd(s) (1) timeout for Target 9.0
glm: [ID 401478 kern.warning] WARNING: ID[SUNWpd.glm.cmd_timeout.6018]
So unfortunately I had to break out of format, which of course you are not
supposed to do.
If I power cycle the box again, I am still able to see the disk under
format. It shows no label, and it can't be labeled or formatted:
# format
Searching for disks...done
c0t9d0: configured with capacity of 4.00GB
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@0,0
1. c0t8d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@8,0
2. c0t9d0 <SUN4.2G cyl 3880 alt 2 hd 16 sec 135>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@9,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 2
selecting c0t9d0
[disk unformatted]
Disk not labeled. Label it now? n
format> format
Ready to format. Formatting cannot be interrupted
and takes 44 minutes (estimated). Continue? y
Beginning format. The current time is Wed Feb 18 10:12:43 2004
Formatting...
Feb 18 10:13:23 tracey scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3 (glm0):
Feb 18 10:13:23 tracey Disconnected tagged cmd(s) (1) timeout for Target
9.0
Feb 18 10:13:23 tracey glm: [ID 401478 kern.warning] WARNING:
ID[SUNWpd.glm.cmd_timeout.6018]
So is this disk toast? Is there anyway to rescue it? Did I toast it by
trying to format it? Is this an incompatibility issue, IE: is it that this
disk cannot be formated in an E50?
Any thoughts or insight would greatly be appreciated!
Bryan Guest
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