Error Attempting to Format a Striped Drive: DEVICE IS BUSY

ID: Q130927


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When you run Disk Administrator and attempt to create a striped set with parity, be sure to allow enough time for the striped set to initialize. If a format of the striped set is attempted before the striped set is initialized, the error "DEVICE IS BUSY" is displayed and the format attempt is aborted.

NOTE: On a DEC Alpha with three 2 gigabyte drives, the striped set with parity took approximately 80 minutes to initialize.

Additional query words: prodnt 3.10 formatting


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Last Reviewed: February 24, 1999