max@maxsun.lgc.com (Max Heffler) (08/17/90)
After reading all of the postings about 1-to-1 interleave and the Apple High Speed DMA SCSI board, I decided to reformat my hard disk. After a successful backup, I attempted to use the finder to format. Then after rereading the posting from Mike Aos, I attempted to corrupt the beginning of my hard disk. I do not have Block Warden or any Prodos sector editors. Does anybody have a public domain sector editor that will work with the Apple High Speed DMA SCSI board, or does anybody know the sequence of commands I could execute from the monitor to make the hard drive unrecognizable so I can get the 1:1 iterleave formatting option from the finder? Thanx in advance... -- Max Heffler internet: max@lgc.com Landmark Graphics Corp. uucp: ..!uunet!lgc!max 333 Cypress Run, Suite 100 phone: (713) 579-4751 Houston, Texas 77094
dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) (08/17/90)
In article <1990Aug16.194232.12261@lgc.com> max@maxsun.lgc.com (Max Heffler) writes: >After reading all of the postings about 1-to-1 interleave and the Apple >High Speed DMA SCSI board, I decided to reformat my hard disk. After a >successful backup, I attempted to use the finder to format. Then after >rereading the posting from Mike Aos, I attempted to corrupt the beginning >of my hard disk. I do not have Block Warden or any Prodos sector editors. [stuff deleted] I just finished reformatting, Max. What I did was find a friend with a Mac, and re-initialized to HFS. I then returned and reformatted from the finder. I'm sure there is an easier way than this. I didn't notice until after I was done but there is a >>>>Zero<<<< option in the Advanced Disk Utilities. From what the manual says, it should hose your hd and force you to reformat. I didn't try this personally, since I just finished restoring 65 megs of data, but give it a whirl. >Thanx in advance... You're velcome, >-- >Max Heffler internet: max@lgc.com Dale LaFountain dalel@servio.SLC.COM