>Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:56:42 -0700
>From: "Michael L. Hitch" <mhitch@lightning.oscs.montana.edu>
>
>  I  have seen this in a 5000/25 (and maybe a 5000/50, but I can't
>remember at the moment).

I've seen it on a 5000/100.

>  It looked more to me like the driver was waiting until the drive
>spun up, but then got some kind of unexpected error status and gave up.

That's my guess too.  I solved it by finding the jumper on the drive
that makes it spin up as soon as it's powered on.  I never got the
error again.  I meant to file a PR, but you know how those things
go...

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