>I have experience with only 2 different types of SMD drives: Fujitsu Eagles and CDC-9766.
Both good drives. Eagles had one issue .. NOISE !!! On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Guy Sotomayor <g...@shiresoft.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Ian Finder <ian.fin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I recently picked up a Symbolics system built around an 8" Control > Data Corp. Sabre hard drive. > > Some files read when I show the FEP directory listing but many > show as "Error reading file header, wrong pkid read" which I assume is some > sort of FEP FS integrity check. > > In short, the drive becomes ready and much of the data appears > still there, but I have some brand of consistent read errors that preclude > the machine from booting. > > It's not a software issue as the machine was deinstalled in a > working condition. > > Anyone familiar with these terrible drives? Am I totally up the > creek? I tried a couple different orientations. > > Too bad. They were the only other option on the G-Machines vs ST-506. > > I have experience with only 2 different types of SMD drives: Fujitsu > Eagles and CDC-9766. > > TTFN - Guy > > >