[SPARCbook] Sparcbook ATA drive formatting

[Martin Wedel]

Yep, I admit it....I was using fdformat. Somewhere I got the idea that
ATA's were handled the same way as flash storage. Go figure...
I also admit that the dsk / rdsk naming conventions in PCMCIA throw me for
a loop sometimes too...

--
Martin Wedel
sun at minor-element.net
http://www.minor-element.net/

On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, The Archimage wrote:

> OK, spill it -- what was the problem?  The fact you were using fdformat
> instead of format?
> 
> The Archimage
> 
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Martin Wedel wrote:
> 
> > Disregard....  Next time I'll get some caffeine in my system and look
> > around some more before I ask....
> > 
> > btw, what's the largest hdd anyone has been able to use in their
> > sparcbook? I know tadpole sells a 12G, but is there any OBP limitation to
> > go above that?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > --
> > Martin Wedel
> > sun at minor-element.net
> > http://www.minor-element.net/
> > 
> > On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Martin Wedel sr wrote:
> > 
> > > Someone please clue me in on formatting an ATA drive.
> > > I try fdformat /dev/c1d0s0 and I get the error
> > > 
> > > fdformat: FDIOGCHAR failed, Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > > 
> > > The regular format command complains that it can't find a defect list, and
> > > that one isn't supported on the device. I'm runnong 2.6 with all the
> > > tadpole packages and patches, I can do a newfs on a previously formatted
> > > drive, I just can't seem to get the zen for a format. I am pretty
> > > sure that it's a syntax problem, but after fiddling with it for a
> > > while, I can't think straight anymore. Help!
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Martin Wedel
> > > sun at minor-element.net
> > > http://www.minor-element.net/
> > > 
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