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From: dsherif@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (Darin D Sheriff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2090A help wanted
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Date: 5 Feb 91 05:43:33 GMT
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In article <70395@microsoft.UUCP> w-stevej@microsoft.UUCP (Stephen KEPPEL-JONES) writes:
>Is there a way to send a SCSI low-level format command through the A2090
>controller?  I'd like my drive to reformat itself and map out a couple of
>bad blocks.  Of course I can have the 2090 map out the blocks too, but
>it's better if the drive does that.  Any ideas?
>
>-- Steve

Here is another query on the same hardware.  My friend just bought one of 
those tiny Quantum low profile drives (105 megabytes) and is trying to
use it with his 2090a controller.  The software that came with the 
controller does not seem to like the Quantum drive however.  He is unable
to prep it.  He fooled around with the mountlist and somehow got a 2.5 meg
partition to work.  He is stuck however.  Any suggestions on what to do?
Neither of us is familiar with hard drives and he is getting frustrated.
Please help?
-- 
Darin Sheriff.  One of the few, the proud, an Amiga 1000 owner.
A computer:  A machine that enables one to make twice as many mistakes
             in half the time.            --unknown--
Disclaimer:  It wasn't me.  It was Chuck. (Yeah that's the ticket)