ajw@manatee.cis.ufl.edu (02/16/89)
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
drabik@uunet.uu.net (Drabik ) (03/04/89)
I have heard that the program format of the 4.0 SUN OS contains several bugs. May be try to get the release 4.0.1 or wait for the next 4.1 or call directly Sun.