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From: ins_wayne@actew.oz.au (Wayne Myles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Low level format for RD54
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.134104.186@actew.oz.au>
Date: 6 Feb 91 18:41:04 GMT
References: <7935@plains.NoDak.edu>
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In article <7935@plains.NoDak.edu>, grisanti@plains.NoDak.edu (Ames Grisanti) writes:
> Hello,
> 
> 	Does anyone know where to get a utility for doing low level
> formatting on an RD54 disk drive?  I don't have a service
> contract so it would be costly for me to get the unit formatted.
> Any suggestions?

  Some uVAXen have built-in ROM diagnostics to do what you want;
  for instance, I recently installed a drive in this VS2000, using

    >>> TEST 70

  (after halting the CPU.)

  If it's a uVAX II you're dealing with, you will probably need
  the diag tape, or to "accidentally" install the drive in a
  VS2000 for about 40 minutes :-)

> Ames Grisanti
> University of North Dakota
> Energy and Environmental Research Center
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