Re: Sequel to our 40S troubles -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Sequel to our 40S troubles
From: Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 17:05:19 -0400
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The "other" hardware alarm sound is a loud screeching sound
when those disk drive heads come in contact with bare metal.

This is known as the the "scractchinstallsystem" command.

"That" will get your attention.

James H H Lampert wrote:

BTW: Anybody know how IBM came to pick such an annoying sound for the
hardware failure alarm? Did they have a focus group or something?

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