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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
> > 
> 
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