Low Level Format

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Previously ..::devastator::.. said:
How do I low level format a DTLA-305020? Thx!
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Not possible. You can blank it with the IBM disk tools, that has a
similar effect.

Arno
 
Rod Speed said:
Clueless.


Pity it aint actually a low level format, stupid.
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That's what Format Track always has been, silly, the vehicle for a
Low Level Format.
The Format Unit command adds the physical reordering of Logical
Blocknumbers to that, making it even closer to actually formatting
(tell what is a block is and what address it has) inside of tracks.
That is what comes closest to a real Low Level Format (as some-
thing that actually formats tracks into a number of blocks).

He asked: How do I low level format a DTLA-305020
not "how do I rewrite the servo tracks".
Low Level Format is the process that happens after the
servo tracks have been written.

Not to a real Low Level Format where Logical blocknumbers are
(re)arranged to be physically continuous throughout the drive.
Compared with Format Track for that drive, sure, that is similar
in effect.
Uh, yep.
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Only if it does the Format Unit as part of the writing zeroes.
It nowhere says that.
 
Clueless.
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Pig ignorant ****wit.
That's what Format Track always has been,
silly, the vehicle for a Low Level Format.
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Pity that most modern ATA hard drives just write zeros when that
command is issued and that is nothing like a real low level format, ****wit.

Reams of your pig ignorant shit flushed where it belongs.
 
Rod Speed said:
Pig ignorant ****wit.



Pity that most modern ATA hard drives
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Pity someone as terminally braindead as you can't recognize this thread
isn't just about "most modern ATA hard drives", it's about an IBM.
just write zeros when that command is issued
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As if you ever can Low Level Format an IDE drive that already once was for-
matted, silly. There isn't anything to format as the format is already there.
Writing zeroes is all that a Low Level Format can do on an IDE drive once
it has left the factory.
and that is nothing like a real low level format, ****wit.
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Like you would even know what a 'real' Low Level Format is, silly.
Reams of your pig ignorant shit flushed where it belongs.
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Silly terminally braindead ostrich thinks he can flush Google Groups.
 
Some terminal ****wit claiming to be
Folkert Rienstra <[email protected]>
desperately attempted to bullshit its way out of its
predicament and fooled absolutely no one at all. As always.
 
Rod said:
Some terminal ****wit claiming to be
Folkert Rienstra <[email protected]>
desperately attempted to bullshit its way out of its
predicament and fooled absolutely no one at all. As always.
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Hoo boy, Rod - you are a genuine source of amusement!

Thanks! I really look forward to reading your posts!


Odie
 
Some gutless ****wit desperately cowering behind
just the puerile shit that you'd expect from a
desperately cowering gutless ****wit.
 
Some gutless ****wit desperately cowering behind
just the puerile shit that you'd expect from
a desperately cowering gutless ****wit.
 
Rod said:
Some gutless ****wit desperately cowering behind
just the puerile shit that you'd expect from
a desperately cowering gutless ****wit.
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No need to repeat yourself, Rod - unless you stutter when you get a
little uptight?

Like I say, just relax.


Odie
 
Some gutless ****wit desperately cowering behind
just the puerile shit that you'd expect from
a desperately cowering gutless ****wit.
 
It's a DTLA (IBM) , so it is actually possible.
The drive supports both Format Track *and* Format Unit.


Uh, no.
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The current status of my IBM IC35L040AVER07-0 disk is:



FLAGS VALUE THRES LOW RAW VEN3 VEN4
1 Raw Read Error Rate 000B 95 60 95 13 0 0
2 Throughput 0005 100 50 100 0 0 0
3 Spin Up Time 0007 100 24 100 216 221 4
4 Start/Stop Count 0012 100 0 100 1932 0 0
5 Reallocated Count 0033 100 5 100 19 0 0
7 Seek Error Rate 000B 100 67 100 0 0 0
8 Seek Performance 0005 100 20 100 0 0 0
9 Power-on Hours 0012 100 0 100 3121 0 0
10 Spin Retry Count 0013 100 60 100 0 0 0
12 Power Cycle Count 0032 100 0 100 623 0 0
192 Power-off Count 0032 99 50 99 1932 0 0
193 Load Cycle Count 0012 99 50 99 1932 0 0
194 Temperature 0002 127 0 127 43 18 59
196 Reallocation Count 0032 100 0 100 28 0 0
197 Pending Sector Count 0022 100 0 100 0 0 0
198 Off-line CRC Count 0008 100 0 100 0 0 0
199 Ultra DMA CRC Count 000A 200 0 200 0 0 0
 
It's a DTLA (IBM) , so it is actually possible.
The drive supports both Format Track *and* Format Unit.


Uh, no.
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The current status of my IBM IC35L040AVER07-0 disk is:



FLAGS VALUE THRES LOW RAW VEN3 VEN4
1 Raw Read Error Rate 000B 100 60 100 0 0 0
2 Throughput 0005 100 50 100 0 0 0
3 Spin Up Time 0007 100 24 100 216 221 4
4 Start/Stop Count 0012 100 0 100 1932 0 0
5 Reallocated Count 0033 100 5 100 0 0 0
7 Seek Error Rate 000B 100 67 100 0 0 0
8 Seek Performance 0005 100 20 100 0 0 0
9 Power-on Hours 0012 100 0 100 3122 0 0
10 Spin Retry Count 0013 100 60 100 0 0 0
12 Power Cycle Count 0032 100 0 100 623 0 0
192 Power-off Count 0032 99 50 99 1932 0 0
193 Load Cycle Count 0012 99 50 99 1932 0 0
194 Temperature 0002 119 0 119 46 18 59
196 Reallocation Count 0032 100 0 100 0 0 0
197 Pending Sector Count 0022 100 0 100 0 0 0
198 Off-line CRC Count 0008 100 0 100 0 0 0
199 Ultra DMA CRC Count 000A 200 0 200 0 0 0
 
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