From owner-freebsd-current Sat Feb 6 12:59:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA22495 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 12:59:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA22488 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 12:59:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from green@unixhelp.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA13240; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 15:58:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 15:58:48 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: Daren Sefcik cc: Josef Grosch , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: low level format--how?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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