KR> the scanner is out of action at the moment until i can get an adaptor
KR> from the miniscsi connector to the cable's full 50 pin. btw, i think

Oh yeah, it's a pain the arse those connector's changing all the
time.  I've personally owned 3 different SCSI connector types.  :-(

KR> that i have found a bug in the 2842's built in scsi select software. i
KR> think that on of my disks has a flakey sector so i used the verify disk
KR> option that is supposed to re-assign sectors with recoverable errors. it
KR> died with an unexpected command reject with a sense key of 0117
KR> (recovered media error). it seems to me that this is just what it is
KR> supposed to find and re-assign. don't worry, i am not expecting you to
KR> fix this error, i'll call anabelle bits (:

Whew!  I was going to suggest turning the computer off and then on
again.  That's what I did when I was working for the navy.  BFN.  Paul.
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