On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 23:53, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 04:31:15PM -0600, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 10:12:14PM +0000, Karsten M. Self wrote: [snip] > > Ah, the old "whack the drive case with a screwdriver handle" trick :-) > > How brutal! > > No, I pull the drives, give them a bunch of rapid half-spins about the > major platter axis, and try powering them up. Once they spin up, I let > them run for a few minutes, then put them back on their rails in the > case. Usually they'll spin up again immediately after.
Gak! That could get a bit time-consuming if your SAN has a dozen TB. (With 75GB disks, that would be 160 spindles...) -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | After listening to many White House, Pentagon & CENTCOM brief- | | ings in both Gulf Wars, it is my firm belief that most "senior | | correspondents" either have serious agendas that don't get | | shaken by facts, or are dumb as dog feces. | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
