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From: pwj@ely.cl.cam.ac.uk (Paul Jardetzky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: 386/ix hard disk format trouble
Message-ID: <1990Nov26.172045.22926@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 26 Nov 90 17:20:45 GMT
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I am trying to install Interactive 386/ix on a Sun 386 box and am unable 
to format a Maxtor 1085 (71meg drive, 17sec/track, 8 heads, 1024 cyl) from the
boot diskette. It reads the shape of the disk correctly but exactly 
half way through the format (track 4096) it stops and continues to click
for up to 5 hours. The drive formats correctly under DOS.

I have a WD1003 controller. Has anyone had any experience with this
problem? any Ideas?

Thanks very much.

Paul Jardetzky <pwj@uk.ac.cam.cl>