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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news.apfel.de!fu-berlin.de!news-ber1.dfn.de!news-ham1.dfn.de!news-han1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!main.Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.hp.hpux,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Changing block size of SCSI Hard disks ? Date: 18 Mar 1997 15:52:37 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5gmdo5$6qu@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <5gkgn5$6jm@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-31809-14 X-Fax: +49-351-3361187 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:73447 comp.sys.hp.hpux:56241 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2851 Francois <fdrolet@nortel.ca> wrote: > I am trying to change the block size of a Quantum Atlas II(2.1GB) > Hard Drive, But it seems like the mode select page 3(Format device > page) is not saveable ! > Is there any way to change the block size for that drive ? Some disks (IBM, if i remember correctly) do it by specifying the blocksize in the mode parameter header. For Quantum, i think you've got hard luck, and stand no chance of changing it at all. Last time i had a deal with Quantum, the only response i've got from them was that Quantum drives are not custom-formattable at all. -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j