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- From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
- Subject: Re: LLF of IDE drives
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.203910.24850@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Summary: ST-3144 family protects itself well
- Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com
- Organization: AT&T
- References: <1ddtatINNt6@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:39:10 GMT
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- In article <1ddtatINNt6@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk> cstadbt@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Charles Elliott) writes:
- ...
- >In answer to a question a few postings back, the ST3144A is (as far as I
- >can remember) in the same family as the ST3120A and therefore cannot be
- >*successfully* low level formatted (by the user). If anyone wants to format
- >their drive using a BIOS program etc. then they are welcome - just don't
- >expect it to work afterwards, or that it is going to be able to be fixed
- >without costing more than a new drive.
-
- You are correct about the drive family. An *attempt* to LL format these
- drives will be harmless, however. The drive will pretend to do the
- format and report success, but won't actually do anything more than a
- routine surface analysis.
-
- Bob Nichols
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
-