Re: Summary -- Oops, low level formatted IDE Hard-drive

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From: Alan Brown
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 00:00

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In article <4j4ogq$li9@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com>,
Harvey White <madyn@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Not a problem on MFM, RLL, ESDI drives.  I think you need some special
>software for SCSI drives, mostly to talk to the drivers.

With SCSI drives you say "Format thyself" and the drive does everything
itself. Many (most) SCSI PC HDD controller cards these days have BIOS 
level access to this stuff (I don't mean cheap old junk like ST-02 cards)

Now if only I could find a nice *cheap* source for the extra Barracudas
I need and someone to buy/swap my 2940 so I can get a 3940. :)

AB
-- 
"But you can't say they have arrived to classify your nervous lies
 What's right, what's not, what may not be. Don't try your tricky tests on me
 For I won't live in fear my friend - that every day could be my end"

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From: alan@papaioea.manawatu.planet.org.nz (Alan Brown)
Subject: Re: Summary -- Oops, low level formatted IDE Hard-drive
Date: 1996/03/26
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