On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Joshua E Hope wrote:

[tale of woe]

> What I am wondering: Can I format this drive from within UNIX? I'm sure I
> can force it to recognize it, and at least get it out of this stage it's
> in now. It seems Apple's HDSC setup set some flag on the drive to make it
> think it's in the process of being formatted, and turning off the drive
> doesn't help. The drive thinks it's still in the middle of being
> formatted!

I think you certainly could twiddle with the mode pages on the drive
(probably what Apple messed with), but I have no idea what you want to
set. :-(

Ask on current-users.

Take care,

Bill