Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 18:06:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hard reading error Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960411180514.24231p-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199604112230.AAA06832@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > As Richard Chang wrote: > > > > No. No known (to me) operating system does hardware-format the hard > > > disk before installing. > > > > So, is this the same as the low level format? > > Very low format. What you're usually offered as ``low-level format'' > (e.g. by some BIOSes in the section ``disk utilities'') is the MFM > format command. IDE drives don't obey it, all they do when being > faced with it is zeroing the disk, but *not* lowlevel reformatting > their surface. > > As i wrote: you need a separate tool by your disk vendor. There seems > to be a semi-standard, so it's possible that some other tool will also > work, but it must be clearly labelled as being an IDE formatting tool. Hmmm, now does anyone know if Conner has a Internet site? Richard
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