Vaclav Hula wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 01:28:52PM +0200, Emil Pedersen wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to force the disk to "spin up" before trying to mount
> > it? There don't seem to be a "reverse -Y option" to hdparm, does anyone
> > know of any other utility that might be worth trying?
> -Original Message-
> From: Alvin Oga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 19 June 2002 12:55
> To: Ron Johnson
> Cc: Debian-User
> Subject: Re: "Semi-Hot-Swap" of IDE discs (OT) - dvd
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>
>
> hi ya
>
> > > Don't tapes get torn, m
hi ya
> > Don't tapes get torn, munched and demagnetized?
be more careful in handling and storage ??
> It's been years since I've seen that, but _maybe_ (or maybe not)
> that's because I shell out USD3,000 for a DLT drive and USD60
> for DLT tapes... I'm sure AIT has the same quality.
and y
On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 01:28:52PM +0200, Emil Pedersen wrote:
>
> Is there a way to force the disk to "spin up" before trying to mount
> it? There don't seem to be a "reverse -Y option" to hdparm, does anyone
> know of any other utility that might be worth trying?
Maybe try hdparm -U/-R
Ax
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Hello nate / list.
[...]
> second if you don't fork out the cash for a ide hot swap backplane your
> best bet I think would be to get a good removable disk drive holder,
> and before removing the disk, power it down using hdparm. be sure nothing
> is using the disk(no mounted filesystems etc). a
On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 03:37, Oleg wrote:
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> On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 10:32, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> > But if you seriously want to do backups, you should have a look at
> > tape drives. Harddisks, especially IDE disks are in no way a safe
> > medium.
>
> Don't tapes get torn, munched and demagnetized
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 10:32, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> But if you seriously want to do backups, you should have a look at
> tape drives. Harddisks, especially IDE disks are in no way a safe
> medium.
Don't tapes get torn, munched and demagnetized? Why not do backups on CD-R/RW?
Oleg
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On Tuesday 18 June 2002 18:41, Mark Roach wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 10:32, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> > But if you seriously want to do backups, you should have a look at
> > tape drives. Harddisks, especially IDE disks are in no way a safe
> > medium.
>
> Uh-oh don't start that one up again :)
OK
hi ya
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, nate wrote:
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> > Dear list,
> >
> > for backup purposes (on i386 architecture) I'm planning the purchase of
> > two 60GB-IDE discs, an exchange frame [right word?] and a
> > PCI-IDE-Controller Card. SCSI is no option due to the huge difference in
> > the price, at l
> Dear list,
>
> for backup purposes (on i386 architecture) I'm planning the purchase of
> two 60GB-IDE discs, an exchange frame [right word?] and a
> PCI-IDE-Controller Card. SCSI is no option due to the huge difference in
> the price, at least here in Germany.
>
> Since my knowledge about IDE/AT
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 10:32, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> But if you seriously want to do backups, you should have a look at tape
> drives. Harddisks, especially IDE disks are in no way a safe medium.
>
Uh-oh don't start that one up again :)
-Mark
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On Tuesday 18 June 2002 15:09, Alexander Steinert wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> for backup purposes (on i386 architecture) I'm planning the purchase
> of two 60GB-IDE discs, an exchange frame [right word?] and a
> PCI-IDE-Controller Card. SCSI is no option due to the huge difference
> in the price, at le
Dear list,
for backup purposes (on i386 architecture) I'm planning the purchase of
two 60GB-IDE discs, an exchange frame [right word?] and a
PCI-IDE-Controller Card. SCSI is no option due to the huge difference in
the price, at least here in Germany.
Since my knowledge about IDE/ATA is near zero
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