SUMMARY:Format Seagate 9Gb

From: Stelios Markogiannakis (stelios@zeus.bwh.harvard.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 18 1995 - 13:56:41 CDT


The hard of the problem:
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> Then, when I run the format utility it runs for about 2 hours and then
> it quits with a timeout error. The extended reports from format in the

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The explanation and solution(s): (From: negativl@netcom.com (Raymond Wong))
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4.1.3 has a default timeout of 2 hours. you can change it permanently
editing /sys/scsi/targets/sddef.h
        SD_FMT_TIME
changing the value from 120*60 to be 240*60
will be enough to format the Elite 9.

OR, the method I prefer:
1) attach the new disk and reboot.
2) type the following at the command line
        adb -k -w /vmunix /dev/mem
        sd_fmt_time /W 0t9600
        $q
adb will start debugging the active kernel, the second and third lines are
commands to adb. These are temporary changes, and will be gone when you
next reboot. That way no permanent changes are made.
3) Format the disk as you were trying to do.
4) As noted in 2), the changes to the kernel will be gone on next reboot.

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I opted for the first solution and set the time to 480 minutes so verify
can finish. By the way, from Seagate they told me that the drive need 125 min
to complete the format!. So for 5 min difference, I spend 4 nights :-(

Now if I could find a way to remove the partition size limitation ...

Many Thanks to:
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Ray Wong
negativl@netcom.com

Mr Hans J Litteck
cus1hl@surrey.ac.uk

Cait Greenup
caitg@hyphen.mpx.com.au

Kevin Sheehan
Kevin.Sheehan@uniq.com.au

Louis M. Brune
brunel@delver.iterus.org

David Beard
beard@abel.maths.adelaide.edu.au

Travis Hoyt
tehoyt01@msuacad.morehead-st.edu

-- 
Stelios Markogiannakis
Network Manager
Department of Anesthesia
Brigham & Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
617.732.5500 x2542
stelios@zeus.bwh.harvard.edu



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