[comp.sys.mac.programmer] SCSI and erasing the whole disk

Eliot.Henry@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) (08/29/90)

Thanks for the info. Yes I have read those inside the mac sections.]
Also i meant to refer to the routine   
FUNCTION PBWrite (paramBlock: ParmBlkPtr; async: BOOLEAN) : OSErr;

minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow) (08/31/90)

In article <949@beguine.UUCP> Eliot.Henry@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account)
asks about using SCSI commands to erase a disk.

The Scsi Manager is documented in Inside Mac (mostly in vol. 4) -- the
description is quite straight-forward and easy to implement.  You also
need the SCSI function descriptions for your system.

There are commercial products such as Ft Knox that do what you want and
will probably be easier and cheaper (in the long run) than doing it yourself.

Martin Minow
minow@bolt.enet.dec.com