Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!HyperDriven
From: HyperDriven@cup.portal.com (Joseph C McDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Low-level formatting of hard-drive
Message-ID: <12529@cup.portal.com>
Date: 12 Dec 88 06:37:58 GMT
References: <1988Dec10.094859.18130@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
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Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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I used to low level format drives using DEBUG. The controller's ROM usually
sits at C800 hex, with western digital's 27x I simply typed:
  Debug
  g=c800     /* this means go c800 */
  /* from here the program in the controller took over and I just answered
     questions about interleave factor ect. ect., your controller should
     have instructions on how to install it and do a low level format. */
   (sorry make that g=c800  g=c800:7  this tells it to go to offset 7)
        Joseph McDonald