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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Low level format ESDI ??
Date: 12 Jul 1995 18:30:58 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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wing@gate.cis-net.ie (Wing Lee) wrote:
]
] Tried to install FreeBSD on a 645MB ESDI attached to an UltraStor
] Ultra-12 ESDI controller. It basically failed on performing newfs
] encountering i/o error on the way. The reason I think is to do with
] the bad sectors on the HD. So the question is: Anybody knows how to
] low level format the ESDI?
ftp.wdc.com has an application in the file wdfmtp.exe (a
self-extracting archive) that works for WD1007 ESDI controllers
and seems generic enough for others.
You will need to know the physical geometry of your drive.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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