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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 1997 21:25:44 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        ee96199@tom.fe.up.pt
Subject:   Re: ZIP Drive. Help!
Message-ID:  <19970424212544.DW20267@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970424110612.15227A-100000@tom.fe.up.pt>; from ee96199@tom.fe.up.pt on Apr 24, 1997 11:08:16 %2B0000
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.96.970424110612.15227A-100000@tom.fe.up.pt>

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As ee96199@tom.fe.up.pt wrote:

> I used scsiformat to low-level format a parallel port ZIP drive

> and now I can't even fdisk the disk because it says it can't 
> read the master partition table.

You don't necessarily need to fdisk.  For a FreeBSD-only disk, you
should be able to just run `disklabel -Brw sdX auto'.  If at all, use
`fdisk -i' (initialize).

-- 
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. ;-)



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