On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 18:23 -0700, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > Was this a DEC RD54 by any chance? Those particular drives had a > head-parking bumper that turned to glue over time. There used to be a > recipe for unsticking them that started with putting the drive in a > freezer to make the glue brittle. Then the whack on the side, and > defeating an electrical interlock so the drive would try harder to > position the head away from the bumper. >
No it wasn't, but I don't remember exactly what brand or model it was. I know it wasn't a DEC because I've never had a DEC drive. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
