murthy@algron.cs.cornell.edu (Chet Murthy) (12/06/90)
I have a 3b2/310, and I need to format a Micropolis 1325H drive for it. Does anybody out there know how I can do this without an ID Tools diskette? (I can't find one around here) --chet--
rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel) (12/07/90)
In article <49346@cornell.UUCP> murthy@algron.cs.cornell.edu (Chet Murthy) writes: > >I have a 3b2/310, and I need to format a Micropolis 1325H drive for >it. Does anybody out there know how I can do this without an ID Tools >diskette? (I can't find one around here) To format a hard disk, use 'fmthard /dev/rdsk/device_name'. If the device does not exist, go into firmware mode (shutdown -y -g0 -i5) and run 'filledt' and the generate a new unix by running '/etc/system'. This should create the devices.
friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Stephen J. Friedl) (12/09/90)
[ somebody asked how to format a 3B2 drive without ID tools ] > To format a hard disk, use 'fmthard /dev/rdsk/device_name'. If the device > does not exist, go into firmware mode (shutdown -y -g0 -i5) and run 'filledt' > and the generate a new unix by running '/etc/system'. This should create the > devices. NO! Fmthard does NOT do a physical format at all -- it just writes the partition tables and optionally makes filesystems. You absolutely, positively cannot format a drive without idtools. Steve -- Stephen J. Friedl, KA8CMY / 3B2-kind-of-guy / Tustin, CA / 3B2-kind-of-guy +1 714 544 6561 / friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US / {uunet,attmail}!mtndew!friedl "If it doesn't core dump, ship it" - Gary W. Keefe, on product development