On Oct 16, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Derek G Nokes wrote:
> I tried using format to format the drive and got the following:
> 
> Ready to format.  Formatting cannot be interrupted
> and takes 5724 minutes (estimated). Continue? y
> Beginning format. The current time is Sat Oct 16 23:58:17 2010
> 
> Formatting...

Uhm... silly question, but why are you formatting a disk?  For the past
20+ years they come pre-formatted.  You should not need to reformat
a modern drive.

> Format failed
> 
> Retry of formatting operation without any of the standard
> mode selects and ignoring disk's Grown Defects list.  The
> disk may be able to be reformatted this way if an earlier
> formatting operation was interrupted by a power failure or
> SCSI bus reset.  The Grown Defects list will be recreated
> by format verification and surface analysis.
> 
> Retry format without mode selects and Grown Defects list? y
> Formatting...
> Illegal request during format
> ASC: 0x24   ASCQ: 0x0

This is an indication that the features don't match.  Perhaps a firmware bug?

> Illegal request during format
> ASC: 0x24   ASCQ: 0x0
> failed
> 
> Is there any way for me to determine whether the disk is defective from 
> OpenSolaris? I tried rotating the disk to a different bay and the problem 
> moved to the new bay (c0t5000C500268D0821d0p0). When I try using format fdisk 
> I get an error as well (fdisk: Error in ioctl DKIOCSMBOOT on 
> /dev/rdsk/c0t5000C500268D0821d0p0)
> 
> I also noticed that the format command take much much longer with this 
> particular disk compared to the other 7.

Do yourself a favor and get rid of it.
 -- richard

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