Re: Possible faulty drive

From: David J Dachtera (djesys.nospam_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/31/05


Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:29:59 -0600

issinoho wrote:
>
> Just got a real cheap new drive from ebay and am having trouble getting
> her fired up.
>
> Can anyone help me diagnose the problem with this drive. If I try to
> INIT it I get a simple 'INIT-F-DEVCMDERR'
>
> Is it hosed?
> [SNIP]

Was it sold as VMS-compatible?

Also, what VMS version (are you running, ...was it tested with)?

I'm seeing "Western Digital" in the DIAG output, and not feeling good
about that for some reason...

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