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SubjectRe: sector size of 2068?
On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> In the SCSI controller BIOS setup, low-level format the drive using
> your new controller. The drive was apparently low-level formatted on
> on different controller, or simply contains a manufacturers' test
> pattern. If you don't have a controller that shows a startup
> window that says "^B or ^A to enter setup.." or something like
> that, you need to format the drive on some machine that does.

Wouldn't `scsiformat' utility from 'scsiinfo' package be sufficient for
this task? This would allow disks to be formatted without troubles
regardless of the firmware capabilities.

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