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From: devin@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Yampalimardilor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Sony R/W Optical on DS3100
Message-ID: <18571@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 90 14:29:36 GMT
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In article <1990Mar18.183405.6492@athena.mit.edu> jtkohl@MIT.EDU (John T Kohl) writes:
!In article <18181@boulder.Colorado.EDU> devin@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Yampalimardilor) writes:
!> P.P.S I CAN do a low level (from the boot prom) scsi format on it.
!How do you do this?   I don't see anything in my manuals about
!formatting SCSI stuff from the boot proms.  I have tried rzdisk on a
!SCSI floptical without luck.
!--
!John Kohl <jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> or <jtkohl@Kolvir.Brookline.MA.US>
!Digital Equipment Corporation/Project Athena
!(The above opinions are MINE.  Don't put my words in somebody else's mouth!)

>> scsi fm <unit #>
This procedure takes several minutes...
<Grind Grind> ~30-40 mins for our floptical.
>>


		-Devin
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