> Anyway, if fdformat doesn't work on LS-120 drives, then either
> fdformat, the kernel, or both needs to be updated. LS-120, being a
> SCSI or ATAPI device, presumably only needs the high level FORMAT UNIT
> command sent to it with the appropriate parameters.
For SCSI devices there is already scsiformat program distributed within
scsiinfo package. I use it regularly for remapping bad blocks on failing
Zip media. I even used it to revive an apparently dead Seagate hard disk
and succeeded.
-- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available +
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