720323w@aucs.uucp (Bill Wilder) (04/11/90)
I have an IBM PS/2 Model 70. If the day should arrive when I have to perform a low-level format of my hard disk will this be possible using the supplied reference disk. It contains a file "LLFORMAT.COM" but it does not appear to run properly (at least when DOS 4.01 is booted). Thanks very much
TIM@MTUS5.BITNET (Timothy R Prodin) (04/12/90)
The best way to low level format the disk is the following:
boot off the "Reference Disk"
at the main menu prompt, hit <ctrl-a> or <alt-a> /* i forget which */
then select "prepare disk for DOS"
There are some other goodies on this sub-menu also, namely the disk cache
installation.
-T.
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"Uh Oh, Looks like Rain!!"hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (04/13/90)
In article <1990Apr11.111819.28254@aucs.uucp>, 720323w@aucs.uucp (Bill Wilder) writes: > I have an IBM PS/2 Model 70. If the day should arrive when I have to > perform a low-level format of my hard disk will this be possible using the > supplied reference disk. It contains a file "LLFORMAT.COM" but it does not > appear to run properly (at least when DOS 4.01 is booted). You caught on to the fact that the code to perform the low-level format is on your reference disk. What you must do is access the Advanced menu by pressing Ctrl-A after booting the reference disk. I don't think reference disk utilities work properly when booting from DOS. -Sanjay Aiyagari (HD7X@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)