Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:19:50 +0100 From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely.de> Subject: Re: 520byte sector size Message-ID: <19981116081950.08123@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199811160245.TAA24619@panzer.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth D. Merry on Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 07:45:53PM -0700 References: <19981116022247.23622@cicely.de> <199811160245.TAA24619@panzer.plutotech.com>
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As Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > does anybody know the command to change the sector size? > Well, I've never done it before, but you might try changing the > "Data Bytes per Physical Sector" field in mode page 3 (the "Format > device" page). This once also worked for a Seagate drive for me. The other option i've seen (ISTR it was an IBM drive) was to change the `block size' parameter in the buffer header of a MODE SELECT command, and then reformat the drive. I don't know whether there's an easy opportunity to do this using camcontrol, short of manually assembling a complete MODE SELECT command using -c. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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