Problem with external disk

[deepak_9]

Hi,

We have a seagate external disk connected to a L-Class server. It's showing me CLAIMED in sw state. BUt in "diskinfo" o/p it's showing as 0 bytes size. Also for mediainit it's giving me an error as "mediainit: initialize media command failed - I/O error".

Pl help !!!

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[steven Burgess_2]

Deepak

Use cstm to see if any errors are reported for particular disk

try a simple dd

dd if=/dev/dsk/c*t*d* of=/dev/null bs=1024k

This will return any I/O errors , if so an replacement may be required

HTH

Steve

[steven Burgess_2]

Deepak

Have you tried the command ? Have you any messages in the syslog for this disk? Have a look at dmesg - device maybe timing out - scsi connectivity issue or termination.

Also

You see to have somewhat an inabilty to reply to the questions you have asked in the past

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Not getting at you - just a little advice thats
all

No offence meant

Steve