Subject: Re: formattng disks
To: Mathew Henson <mh5u+@andrew.cmu.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 06/23/1999 11:02:03
	PC with a adaptec BIOS is my favourite, otherwise a SunOS box.
	Though you should be able to use 'scsictl sdX format' under
	NetBSD - its a little rough, but it does get the disk to do a low
	level format :)

		David/absolute

	Abandoning a syncing disk... or syncing an abandoned disk?

On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Mathew Henson wrote:

> 
> I managed to scrounge up an old 3GB micropolis disk for my 5000/200 or
> /25, yet it's suffering from a few bad blocks.  I hate to have to put
> this one in the 'dead' box--any suggestions on low level formatting, bad
> block forwarding?  I tried an Ultrix dist. rzdisk w/no luck (errors).
> 
> TIA
> 
> -Mathew 
>