Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Apr 1999 07:56:32 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: Low-level format with Sg drivers |
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On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 03:19:43PM -0600, Susan E. Wiig wrote:
> Has anyone out there ever done a low level format using the generic > scsi drivers. Why I ask is when I do it the write sends out the > command to the drive, a Zip drive in this case, and the drive goes > off and happily starts to do the low level format but it comes back > too soon. It then does the read but there is a sense error. The > sense error I get is Medium Error, Not ready to ready transition ( > medium may have changed). I know the commands I send to the drive > are correct, in fact I have looked them up in the Zip specs.
AFAIK you can't low-lever format a ZIP disk. I'm not even sure it would make sense to do this or why someone would want to do this...
-cw
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