[SunRescue] Stubborn Seagate 9.1gb Barracuda -- won't format. Help!

[Stefan Hames]

I got a "good" deal on a new 9.1gb Seagate Barracuda ST39173WC on 
e-bay. The drive has a sun part and serial number and a SCA 
connector.  I thought that I could bung it into a sled and use it in 
my SparcStation 5.   Not so fast, newbie.  First, it vibrates  and 
sounds like a blender on the "frappez" setting. (The whole table 
where the workstation is set up vibrates like crazy as well.) 
Second, I can't get  the system to communicate with it, even to 
format it after booting from the Solaris install CD.  What ever I try 
triggers essentially the same error message  :

WARNING: /iommu at 0,1000000/sbus at 0,10001000/espdma at 5,8400000/esp at 5,8800000/sd at 3,0
(sd3):

Error for command: load/stop/start		Error Level: Retryable
Requested block: 0 				Error Block:0
Vendor: SEAGATE				Serial #:
Sense Key: Not Ready
ASC: 0x4 (LUN not ready), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x2

Reserve failed
Failed

Did I get a bad drive, or is there something simple that this newbie 
is doing wrong?  Any insights would be most appreciated.  (That is, 
any insights besides that I'm ignorant -- I knew that already!)

TIA,

Stefan
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Stefan Hames
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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