Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!stc!ianking From: ianking@tcom.stc.co.uk (Ian King) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: SCSI Hard disk formatting Help! Keywords: SCSI HD Message-ID: <2696@arran.tcom.stc.co.uk> Date: 5 Jan 90 14:01:34 GMT Organization: STC Telecoms, London N11 1HB. Lines: 32 Stupid Question Time -------------------- I have just acquired an 386SX PC using an SCSI rodime HD. I am having problems running some programs on it. The programs run OK from floppy but will not run if you copy them to the hard-disk. Other little problems such as funny file sizes led me to conclude that I ought to re-format the HD from scratch. Now the stupid question.. HOW YOU YOU LOW_LEVEL FORMAT AN SCSI DRIVE? I've no experience of SCSI drives at all. I can high-level format it ie format c: /s . All my other machines are standard ST506(?) interface. I can low-level format these OK (c800:5) & then high-level format or use Disk Manager (Seagate/Miniscribe drive-specific flavours). I rang the computer manufacturer & they said it couldn't be done :-) !??! Are they giving me a lot of bull sh.. ? Or am I getting really confused about disk formatting? Thanks in Advance.... .....................Ian King. -- Ian King or <...mcvax!ukc!stc!ianking> ADVANCE MICRO COMPUTERS...you know IT makes sense! :-) JANET: ianking%stc@uk.ac.ukc