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SubjectRe: Low-level format with Sg drivers
On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 10:33:26PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> Then how does it happen that scsiformat(8) works for me??? It
> actually is a wrapper for the SCSI FORMAT_UNIT command.

No idea... I will have to check it out. Perhaps different revision
ZIP drives handle format requests differently. I can't make mine
format... how long does your take to format?

> If you are not convinced that Zips do actually have spare sectors
> then `scsiinfo -d -Fphysical <your_zip_device>' will present you
> with the manufacturer and the grown defect tables. The latter is
> usually empty for brand new disks while the former contains a
> number of entries differing from disk to disk.

Ah... OK. I was under the impression ZIP disks didn't have a grown
table. I will have to check this out...





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