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- From: wayne@gbrmpa.gov.au (Wayne Amisano)
- Subject: Re: Need a low level SCSI formatter for Adaptech 1542B!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.232755.10230@gbrmpa.gov.au>
- Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- References: <1992Sep1.010508.1867@gbrmpa.gov.au> <2AA2D27D.227B@deneva.sdd.trw.com> <trussell.715317294@cwis>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 23:27:55 GMT
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- trussell@cwis.unomaha.edu (Tim Russell) writes:
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- >reimert@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com (Scott P. Reimert) writes:
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- >>What OS are you using? Mine is installed on a DOS/Win machine, so there is
- >>a low-level formatter "built-in." Just go into debug and enter something
- >>like: -g c800 (or something like that). If you still have your documentation,
- >>it's in there somewhere.
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- > Right. Boot up DOS, run debug, and type 'g=dc00:6'. You'll pop into
- >a menu-type program that will do low-level formatting and block testing.
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- Right these work fine, but they never got rid of the data in track 0.
- ie. a disklabel from Unix. They only got rid of the data on the disk,
- and didn't really do a low level format.
-
- tnx anyway, but i solved the problem by booting 386bsd and copying the
- kernal to the raw device /dev/ras0d. This seemed to solve my problem.
-
- tnx cul 73's de wayne
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