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From: kcwellsch@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Wellsch)
Subject: Can RA80 drives be reformatted?
Message-ID: <1990Aug15.022455.2356@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Sender: kcwellsch@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Wellsch)
Organization: University of Waterloo
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 90 02:24:55 GMT
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I've got an RA80 drive circa 1984 that I've run "rabads" on (Ultrix11v3.0) with
an awful lot of bad blocks, many that could not be fixed.  In fact, it's now
hung on a block replacement; I suspect the RCT has become currupted. I'd like
to reformat the darn thing but don't have diagnostics and don't even know if
the RA series can even be "reformatted" or if one is stuck replacing the HDA.
What can I do?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

-- Ken Wellsch
   kcwellsch@watmath.waterloo.edu