[SunRescue] Format parameters for Fuji MAB3045SC?

[Bran Tregare]

I would presume that by zeroing it, the disk will appear blank/unused to 
the format program, rather than getting weird data back when it tries to 
read the first bit of the disk.

At 01:05 PM 5/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
> > > Specify disk type (enter its number): 0
> > > Must reformat device to 512-byte blocksize.  Continue? y
> > > Formatting...
> > > Auto configure failed
> > >
> > > Hmmm... Might have to use the macintosh to get it happy again...
> >
> > Try dd'ing the first 8k of the disk with zeros:
> >
> >   dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/{disk} bs=512 count=16
>
>Why does format need that zeroed?
>
>Thanks
>
>Bob
>
>
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