Re: "Invalid Media Format" error

From: Hans Vlems (hvlems.dotweg_at_zonnet.nl)
Date: 06/17/04

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    "John F" <john@SeeSigForAddress.invalid.com> schreef in bericht
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    > Got several Seagate ST15150N's (aka RZ29B's) that don't seem
    > to want to mount/foreign or initialize, giving "Invalid Media
    > Format" for both commands, regardless of switches/attributes
    > I try to tack on. The disks are recognized okay using sh dev,
    > both before and after boot, and scsi chain tests okay, etc.
    > This is all on a DECstation 3000 600 running Alpha VMS 7.3
    > booted off an RZ28 on the same chain.
    > The only possible clue I noticed is that some ST15150N's
    > (from an older batch) that do mount okay report 4.29GB from
    > >>> sh dev, whereas these report 4.28GB.
    > Google search turned up suggestions like
    > init/over=(own,acc,exp), but that gives an error like
    > "attribute not appropriate for device type" (override only
    > applies to tapes). A few other google suggestions also didn't
    > work. Any way to init these disks? I'm happy to clobber any
    > data on them. Thanks,
    > --
    > John Forkosh ( mailto: j@f.com where j=john and f=forkosh )

    Are you sure the ST15150N is an RZ29B?
    Its modelnumber translates as a 1 3/4 inch high, 5.1 GB drive (unformatted
    capacity).
    AFAIK all the RZ 29's were 1 inch drives.
    The error message though either indicates that a jumper was not set
    correctly, or the drives are toast.
    Did you try ANALYZE/MEDIA?
    The documentation is on line:
    http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/search/bymodelnumber
    Hans

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