There is a microcode update to fix various problems with the 75GXPs. There was a big stink and a class action lawsuit a few months ago.
The biggest offenders were the 75GXPs made in Hungary. Sorry, no links - but IBMs storage support site isn't too hard to get around in. Cheers, Robert K. On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today my IBM 75GXP decided I couldn't see a 2 week uptime, it decided to mark > some blocks bad, etc and trash half my data. I ran IBM's DFT utility, zero'ed > it out and am trying it a day or two to see if it develops problems again. > This is the 2nd drive, the first died within 6 months beyond DFT repair. > Anyone have any ideas to what would do this? I reboot only when I change > kernels, last was about 10 days or so, I have a UPS, antec 300w power supply > powering just 2 hd's, 1 cdr, abit be6-2, celeron, 512 megs ram, video+net, so > that's not the issue. When the first IBM died, it was on the bx's ata33, I put > the replacement on the highpoint 366 with a brand new dma66 cable (as well as > the WD 30 gig I've had for a year or two without problems). Any other ideas to > why a drive would start developing problems in a very well cooled ups protected > running system? > > Anyway, I just lost most of my home directory and am pretty pissed. Has anyone > used a 3ware escalade 6200 or 6400 with 2.4.x? I found a 6200 for $129 and > 6400 for $179 at hypermicro and want to set up raid 1 mirroring or raid 5 with > a 3rd drive. > > _______________________________________________ > Siglinux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux > _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
