Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 15:58:48 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Daren Sefcik <daren@sefcik.cc> Cc: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: low level format--how?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902061558150.13162-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902061307510.3826-100000@cx757770-a.fed1.sdca.home.com>
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On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Daren Sefcik wrote: > No..it's an HP generic and it has no BIOS... > I tried using SCSI ToolBox on my windows > machine but it just hangs. > The disk was formatted for freebsd and I used > the newfs_msdos command on it and now it > is hosed..I can't seem to get it back. > Disklabel gives me a "disk not configured" error Have you tried dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd# count=100? > > argghh..any ideas/help..?? > > Daren > > On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Josef Grosch wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 12:55:16PM -0800, Daren Sefcik wrote: > > > Is it possible to do a low level format > > > of a scsi disk..I do not see a utility > > > to do so. > > > > If you are using an Adaptec controller card, like a 2940, there is a > > low-level format in the card-bios. You can get into the card-bios utilities > > by watching the system as it is coming up and hitting control-a. > > > > Your mileage may vary. > > > > > > Josef > > > > -- > > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.0 > > jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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