RedJacketPress
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I've been trying to format an old SCSI drive from an unknown vendor (I've seen no badges or identifying marks), and I keep running into an error using SCSI Director that strongly implies a hardware error -- Sense Key: 04, HARDWARE ERROR. I have a terminator that came with the drive, but I have no idea what to make of the DIP switches, or the counter that allows me to change a number. (I'm thinking that's SCSI ID?)
Am I correct in thinking that an error like this is most likely a failure of the hardware, and not some sort of SCSI configuration issue? I'm also using a RaSCSI connected to the internal connector on the Logic Board, and the various tools on the Bootstrap volume have all failed to initialize the drive.
Seems reasonably obvious to me, but then, it's been about 25 years since I've had to work with SCSI devices on a day-to-day basis...
Am I correct in thinking that an error like this is most likely a failure of the hardware, and not some sort of SCSI configuration issue? I'm also using a RaSCSI connected to the internal connector on the Logic Board, and the various tools on the Bootstrap volume have all failed to initialize the drive.
Seems reasonably obvious to me, but then, it's been about 25 years since I've had to work with SCSI devices on a day-to-day basis...