On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 08:19:05PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:12:06 +0200 > Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Unfortunately I can't check the drives with smartctl; they produce an SCSI > > error. I'll try 'camcontrol defects', and see if that turns up anything.
Well, camcontrol didn't work either. :-( > possibly because of the USB enclosure. > > I've had very mixed results with USB cases - some great, some dying for no > reason, some working on and off. I would test the drive itself outside the USB > enclosure (hopefully you have one that can be pulled apart) and see how that > goes. These ones are relatively easy to disassemble, luckily. I have two enclosures of the same brand, but the older (malfunctioning) one has both USB 2 and firewire connections, while the newer one just has a USB 2 connection. See http://www.conceptronic.nl/site/desktopdefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=200&Cat=60&grp=6010&ar=450&Prod_ID=1393&Prod=CHD3UL I'll disassemble the malfunctioning drive, put it in an old PC and run smartctl on it. Are there any other tests that might be worthwhile? Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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