qbarnes@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Quentin Barnes) (02/17/91)
I own a GVP 68030 card with a built-on AT controller. The 40MB AT drive I have has been acting up. If I touch specific files on the disk, I can hear the head constantly seeking until I've forced it to go to another part of the disk. 'info' reports no errors and I receive no error requestor from the OS. 1) What bad block replacement strategy does AT drives use (if any)? 2) Where can I find further technical information on these controllers? 3) Anyone have this problem (or a possible solution)? Quentin Barnes qbarnes@urbana.mcd.mot.com ..!uiucuxc!udc!qbarnes
rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel) (02/17/91)
In article <1991Feb17.063151.8783@urbana.mcd.mot.com> qbarnes@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Quentin Barnes) writes: > If I touch specific files on the disk, I can hear the head > constantly seeking until I've forced it to go to another > part of the disk. I experienced the same "problem" with a Quantum 40AT some time ago. It is certainly irritating, but it never caused any harm on my system. Maybe you should try a later version of your drive's firmware.