> On Sun, 27 May 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> > seem to recall that the heads should be locked only while the disk
> > is spinning or scrapage of the platter will occur.
>
> I'd never heard of this on an RA81. The two I got yesterday were locked
> up while stopped, under direction of two sysadmins who have been working
> with this stuff for a long time. The disks certainly don't say anything
> about it.
>
> Richard Schauer
> rws_at_enteract.com
I've heard this mentioned... I think that I've locked them both ways
while at DEC with no problem. However, they were spun down and fully
parked (I think they had a landing/parking zone) before I locked them.
I was warned about the locking them while spinning only after I'd worked
on at least 20 or so with the fatal glue stiction problem.
Now, Eagles always got locked down the right way.
Bill
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