>From: Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Low level SCSI formatting > >OK, wierd question - what does low-level formatting a SCSI drive >sound like? I dinged a 1GB 68-pin (don't panic it was only a 5200 rpm >drive that wasn't much faster than a stock Quantum) drive while it >was spinning up and decided to try a low level format (seeing as it >wouldn't mount or initialize and drive setup said it needed one). I'm >a little worried about it, it sounds, for all the world, like it's >shredding garden waste. >-- >-- It shouldn't make any special sound, AFAIK. Maybe your drive is dying.
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