On Jan 11, 2004, at 6:29 AM, Anders Hogrelius wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea on how to low-level format a IBM DFHS disk 
> that
> has 522 bytes/sector to a more useable 512 bytes/sector format? I've
> tried scsictl, but without any luck. This is what happens if I try
> formatting with "scsictl sd2 format 512"
...
> I know that it's supposed to be possible to reformat the disk to 512
> b/sec. I've tried several of these disks with the same result though.
> Someone told me that the low level format utility in Adaptec's bios on
> their controllers should be able to do the trick, but it's a bit 
> difficult
> to use in an Alpha though...;-)

   Do you have a Solaris machine handy?  I do it under Solaris all the 
time...as soon as I select the disk in the "format" program, it'll do 
the 512-byte reformat for you.

        -Dave

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Dave McGuire                      "My tummy hurts now, but my soul
St. Petersburg, FL                 feels a little better."     -Ed