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From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HP97544 380 Meg drive on Hardframe
Message-ID: <clemon.3722@lemsys.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 91 02:28:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: lemsys.clemon.3722
References: <1991May30.202449.620@decuk.uvo.dec.com>
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In article <1991May30.202449.620@decuk.uvo.dec.com> goldstein@arrods.enet.dec.com (Steve Goldstein) writes:
>
>       I've finally got my HP 97544 380 Meg harddisk working BUT.....
>
>
>       I'm using the Microbotics HardFrame and found that I couldn't 
>       Format the drive ... The HardFrame is at the latest rev (V1.9)
>
>       It was O.K. Low-level formatting....
>
>       It was O.K. adding RDB using RDPrep I created 4 partions...
>

>       I then tried formatting from the CLI failed again UNTIL I put the 
>       QUICK flag on the end of the command...
>
>       (Format drive DH0: name HP_0 Noicons {QUICK} )
>
>       Is their a problem with the HardFrame...??
>
>       /// Steve Goldstein
>      ///  Digital Equipment Co
>     ///   England.
> \\\///    goldstein@arrods.enet.dec.com OR 
>  \XX/     goldstein%arrods.enet.dec.com@wessex.uucp

        Nothing is wrong.  If you look at your HardFrame docs it will tell
you that you must use the QUICK option when you high-level format your
drive.

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