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From: ajw@manatee.cis.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Problems with format (4.
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Date: 16 Feb 89 07:28:31 GMT
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Original-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 89 11:58:21 -0500
X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 159, message 3 of 14

So, I got this incredibly cheap Fujitsu M2249 which looks great.  I can
make filesystems and generally use the drive on a 3/50.  But, I've so far
been unable to actually *format* the thing.  Here's what happens:

format sd0
Searching for disks...done
selecting sd0: <Fujitsu M2249SA>
[disk formatted, defect list found]

format> format
Ready to format. Formatting cannot be interrupted
and takes 11 minutes (estimated). Continue? y
Beginning format. The current time is Thu Feb  9 11:48:46 1989

Warning: Using default mode select parameters.
Warning: Drive format may not be correct.

Block 3  (0/0/3), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
failed
format>

The warning messages are undocumented.  Sigh.

I've put in the first couple of lines of the defect list to make format
happy.  I've done media test on cylinder 0 all night with no errors.  The
"right stuff" is in the format.dat file.  I'm very wary of actually
putting this thing on a professors desk until it formats for my eyes.  Any
ideas?

--Andy