Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!flatlin!tpki!kaiki!kai From: kai@kaiki.toppoint.de (Kai Voelcker) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: ROM addresses for low level formats Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 91 17:12:03 GMT References: <1991Jun01.032838.8267@xtcn.com> Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V. Kiel, W. Germany Lines: 15 lamb@xtcn.com (Richard Lamb) writes: > Does anyone happen to know what the magic format addresses are for a > WD1003-WA2 F002 X8D Controller Try g=cc00:0005. This is the correct address for WD 1006 SR2. > [..] > Do I have to buy Spinrite to format my Rodime 3055 drive ? Spinrite is not especially for low level formatting. e.g. Norton Calibrate is similar. With these You can change the interleave without any data loss and much more... Disk Manager by On Track also can perform low level formatting. ________________________________________________________________________ | Kai Voelcker, Kappelner Str 18, D-2300 Kiel 1, voice: +49 431 335605 | | kai@kaiki.toppoint.de interests: 386asm, c, pascal; OR algorithms | | > PLEASE NOTICE: I must PAY for incoming mail! ($ 0.25/KB) Thanks. < | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~