[TUHS] mkfs somewhere else?

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Mon Feb 9 03:34:29 AEST 2015


On Sun, 8 Feb 2015, Jacob Ritorto wrote:

> what about using another minor device?  Is xp0d mapped elsewhere?

Dunno.


On Sun, 8 Feb 2015, Jacob Ritorto wrote:

> Would anyone know if it's still possible to just replace the platters 
> and clean the heads? This drive is really nice, but the headcrash really 
> needs to be dealt with.  Are there any more fuji160-compatible platters 
> on earth?  If so, is there a way to install them to the existing hubs 
> straight enough that there's acceptable runout?

Keep in mind that crashed disk => damaged head => more crashed disks => 
more crashed heads...

It's amazing, in a weird sort of way, just how rapidly a disk-crash 
infection can spread :-(

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