In article <Pine.GSO.4.21.0009191203590.7475-100000@kelly.etude.com> you write:
>alas, a missing program (or it's hidden really well).
>
>On my other platforms I have tools for doing a low-level format of a
>drive.  (AIX, Solaris and even NEXTSTEP included)  Is there such a critter
>either cleverly named an otherwise undocumented or supposed to be in the
>pkg's?

I thing "scsictl /dev/rsd0c format" will do what you want.  I don't think
scsictl exists in 1.4.* though.

[ This, of course, assumes a SCSI disk ]

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Ben Harris                                                   <bjh21@netbsd.org>
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