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  3. May 2005

Re: Problems with AS/400 250


If you pull the cover off the 250, you should be able to hear the drives spin up at the system's initial power up IPL. Each disk is powered up sequentially. The drives I've seen with stiction problems (IBM, but non-400) would make several attempts to spin up before failing. If you can get close enough to the drive, you may be able to hear it trying to start up.

If you want to use your spare 620 drives, you should check if the specific DASD model(s) are compatible with the 250 (they probably are). If they are of a smaller capacity, you might also need to add more of them to have enough space to load your savsys (ie. 4x4Gb could replace 2x8Gb)


Keith




Chuck Lewis wrote: 
Oh, sorry - yes the disk is in the system. At least it was the last time I
was there. That's why I was wondering if it was a "stiction" issue as I
noted originally ?

Thanks,

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Carpenter
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 5:02 PM
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Subject: Re: Problems with AS/400 250

I think Scott and I are asking the same question regarding whether the disk described in the error is actually still in the system.

If you IPL from tape, you should be able load the system on whatever disk is actually installed. DST can show you the serial#s and status of the disks.


Keith


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