CompuServe Messages

Paul, as far as I know you should never try to low-level format a SCSI hard disk. Dunno why, really, it just says so everywhere I look. SCSI hard disks are always low-level formatted straight outta the box. Apparently most SCSI hard disks even ignore the low-level format command and just return ok or so. You just run the HDToolbox equivalent which came with your SCSI host adapter, usually just accept the default values it shows you and exit with saving. This will write the settings into the disk's RDB (rigid disk block) after which you only have to DOS format them either from the Workbench's menu: 'Icons/Format disk', or from the shell: 'format device|drive <device name> (for example 'DH0') name <name> [ofs|ffs] [international|nointernational] [dircache|nodircache] [noicons] [quick]'. '|' delimits choices, […] surrounds optional parameters, <…> surrounds user provided data. After that you should be able to use it right away (might be after a reboot only). // Christian "ELP" Busse \X/ near Frankfurt, Germany