Hi, On Tue, 27.01.2009 at 21:37:28 +0000, Dieter <open...@sopwith.solgatos.com> wrote: > Toni writes: > > positives and false negatives. After deciding that the results were > > far too unreliable, the page was pulled. > > That too. For one thing people were entering the serial numbers > using lower case letters and getting false negatives.
this is a joke, right? > There is a reason I want to look into zeroing out the magic area as > an alternative to risking updating the firmware. :-( Understood... I'm looking for a different vendor, too. :-| > the power fails. So not a great workaround, but better than nothing, Right. > As I understand it, updating the firmware on some mainboards IS risky. It may well be that some combinations don't work, but at some point, I'd say that this should fall into the category of "you get what you pay for". IOW, I can't imagine that doing this kind of stuff right would cost more than, say, $1 for a drive, and $5 for a motherboard, and I think that everyone should be prepared to add, say, $50 to a small server to get these things, ie, (much) less broken designs, imho. But the bigger problem is that currently there appears to be no way to add $50, or even $500, to a server, to get these things right because there seems to be no vendor who offers such stuff. > > > There is supposed to be some document that explains all this, > > > with enough details to create a fix. If anyone finds this > > > document I need a copy please. > > > > Me too! > > Sounds like you are on good terms with your dealer. Can your dealer get > you a copy? LOL. I can ask him, but don't expect too much... Kind regards, --Toni++
