Get scsiinfo , if your using redhat or debian there may be
a scsiinfo rpm available. otherwise it is in
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/APLHA/scsi
Hth,
On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Jason Slagle wrote:
> I have a SCSI drive going bad in a box I do not want to shut down in fear
> the drive will NOT come back up. Is there a command I can issue to
> retrieve the drives serial number?
>
> Jason
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On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Michael Weller wrote:
>
> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:17:12 +0100 (MEZ)
> From: Michael Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Roberto Lumbreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: low level scsi formatter for linux?
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Roberto Lumbreras wrote:
>
> > Hi all...
> >
> > I own a cheap NCR 53c810a scsi controler. It hasn't a bios setup
> > utility as Adaptec 2940, so I've no idea how I can do a low level
> > format of a SCSI disk in Linux (without changing the drive to
> > another computer with other scsi controler). I've a drive with
> > media defects and badblocks doesn't help, so I think a low level
> > format should solve it.
> >
> > I found the scsifmt program in
> > sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/hardware, but it doesn't work for
> > me (it's for zip drives, and said to work with hd's but...)
>
> I wrote a scsi low level formatter, even with a graphical frontend (If
> you have tcl/tk), but you can use it on the commandline too. It has a very
> simplistic partitioner build in which is indeed intended for small
> removable devices (just makes one partition). But you don't need to use
> it. I also wrote some hints on how to setup the disk for automatic
> reallocation of bad blocks. If you did not yet check it, try it.
>
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