#SupraDrive problems
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I just got through backing up,re-formatting and restoring my Supradrive on
a 2000. I was able to reboot and restore okay and started making some
modifications to my startup files. Upon warm re-booting, I get a System
Requestor advising me that volume SupraDrive has a read/write error and
can't be validated. I then get an "Error validating disk. Key 46723 bad
header type" error message.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong? Should I re-format again or is this
indicative of a hardware problem?
Unfortunately I have _zero_ documentation on this drive – its a long story.
Thanks…
Dwayne,
If it's possible…go thru a low level format, and AmigaDOS format
on the drive.
Don
Okay, Don. I hadn't thought of that. You mean just format the drive like I
would a floppy in df0: ?
Dwayne,
Well…yes and no. A low level format "prepares" the surface by
setting up sectors, and on a SCSI drive, by normally mapping out bad
sectors. After a low level format, the drive still isn't useable by
AmigaDOS…since none of the information that AmigaDOS requires is on the
disk at this point.
I'm not sure if a low level format command comes with the Supra or
not.
After that…a "high level" or AmigaDOS format (via the FORMAT
command) would be appropriate. The drive *should* be ok then.
Don