Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!sdcsvax!brian
From: brian@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: reformatting 3b2 harddisks
Message-ID: <4494@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Date: 15 Jan 88 06:37:04 GMT
References: <1489@ea.ecn.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: brian@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Brian Kantor)
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In article <1489@ea.ecn.purdue.edu> cyliax@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Ingo Cyliax) writes:
>Is there any way to reformat 3b2 harddisks? ...
>
>I have heard that there is a formatting utility that ATT had/has that
>would let technicians reformat disks in the field, but we haven't had
>any luck in trying to obtain anything like that from ATT.

Yes, there is.  What you need is called the DEVTOOLS diskette.  It is a
standalone bootable diskette that will let you format, build and
reconstruct bad block tables, fix bad sanity tracks, and copy itself.

It is supposed to be available from AT&T.  If you ever find out how to
order it, please let us know.  I'm told that field engineers have it,
and that it was available to VARs and developers.

Good luck!  You're going to need it to find anybody in AT&T who even
will admit that such a diskette exists, much less anyone who'll tell you
how to order it.  Maybe you can slug your field technician and copy his
diskette while he's recovering....
			- Brian