Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!chaph.usc.edu!usc.edu From: chris@usc.edu (Christopher Ho) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: SCSI drives for VS3100 Message-ID: <11695@chaph.usc.edu> Date: 28 Aug 90 23:30:42 GMT Sender: news@chaph.usc.edu Organization: University of Southern California Lines: 10 Nntp-Posting-Host: sharra.usc.edu In article <11315@j.cc.purdue.edu>, aia@j.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Petri, Inst Group, Chemistry) writes... >to add an external SCSI cabinet with a Fujitsu model M2263E (778 MB) >drive. The drive is supplied unformated by the vendor. How does one >go about (low level) formatting this drive for use with VMS? My VS3100 manual that came with the machine describes formatting SCSI drives at the ROM prompt using 'TEST 75', and I have done this on at least 2 occasions. Chris