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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: NEED MORE HELP!! (formatting Quantum ProDrive)
Message-ID: <13441@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 26 Jul 90 04:14:47 GMT
References: <1990Jul25.190605.11054@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax (Randell Jesup)
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Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Jul25.190605.11054@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> wille@frith.msu.edu (Jeffrey Wille) writes:
>I recently posted an article requesting help on formatting my 40 Meg
>Quantum Prodrive w/ a CLtd host adaptor.  I had two responses, suggesting
>that I use the GenFormat program.  Thanks for your responses.  I tried it, 
>and it says
>
>Formatting SCSI Address 0, Interleave 1 ...
>
>After that, I hear the head move for a second, and then it says
>Format Status OK and quits.  Any more ideas?  Something I need to fix in
>my devsetup file?  It doesn't seem to make any difference whether or
>not I run devinstall.  Any additional help would be greatly appreciated.

	Quantums "format" by merely checking to see if they think they're
formatted, or some such.  In any case, a Format_Unit on a Quantum takes < 5
seconds, and doesn't erase any data on the drive.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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