Kevin Fisher (kfisher@rim.net)
Fri, 05 Dec 1997 13:46:55 -0500
> > unmount the disk before removing it from the Shark drive... I'm using
> > the ep.c module from torque.net.
>
> This is just an acknowledgement that I've seen your report. The driver
> should not allow you to remove the disk without unmounting it first,
> anyway. Have you ever seen any ep: error messages in your kernel
> log ? Were there any at the time of the bad superblock message ?
I'll check this when I get home. I believe there was an ep: message on
screen when I tried to mount the disk (which is when I got the superblock
message).
>
> If you haven't seen any error mesasges, the odds are that the problem
> is not with the drive or driver.
>
Fortunately I managed to stop the sales bimbo before she ran the whole
drive box through the demagnitizer :/ Good thing I have that receipt!
> > I bought to extra disks with it at Future Shop...
>
> You're in Guelph ? I haven't seen any Avatar drives or media here in
> Toronto, I'll have to look the next time I stray into
> "Extended Warranties 'R Us" ...
>
Waterloo, actually. Our Future Shop is just outside kitchener, near
Cambridge (right next to Sports World). I've had really rotten service
there in the past (which doesn't explain why I went there for my Shark drive).
> > (Needless to say I won't be shopping at Futile Shop ever again...)
>
> A good policy, that I seem to find myself ignoring more often than
> I should :-(
>
Same here! I'll let you know what's in those kernel logs, if anything...
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