Disk sequencer errors (etal superfluousness)

[S. Holmes [Consulting Detective]]

"R. Randall Viosca (Randy)" <viosca at umn-cs.arpa>:
  >> in regards to:
  >> >> xy0a: read retry (disk sequencer error) -- blk #495, abs blk #495
  >> >>Is this a serious disk problem that I should worry about?...
  >> >
  >> >We have received these errors on several different systems (several
  >> >different controller/disk combinations.) Sometimes the disk stops working
  >> >and sometimes we get a couple of the error messages and then things
  >> >proceed normally....

We had a rash of these problems and checked all of the recommended
parameters etc.  We ended up getting a new disk and that fixed it.  It
appears that the HDA (on the eagle) was going out.

Steve Holmes				purdue!sjh
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