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| PLI External SCSI Floppy Drive format boot block extends beyond front porch | | PLI External SCSI Floppy Drive format boot block extends beyond front porch |
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− | | + | '''Q: When I try to format a floppy disk with my external SCSI floppy drive, it fails and shows an alert panel that says "Cannot initialize disk. See console for errors." In the console I see this message if it is a new unformatted disk:''' |
− | Q: When I try to format a floppy disk with my external SCSI floppy drive, it fails and shows an alert panel that says "Cannot initialize disk. See console for errors." In the console I see this message if it is a new unformatted disk: | + | <pre> |
| /usr/etc/disk -i -h localhost -l "UntitledDisk" /dev/rsd1a | | /usr/etc/disk -i -h localhost -l "UntitledDisk" /dev/rsd1a |
| Target 5: MEDIA ERROR; block 0H retry 1 | | Target 5: MEDIA ERROR; block 0H retry 1 |
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| SCSI Block in error = 0 (no valid label) | | SCSI Block in error = 0 (no valid label) |
| Read of sector 0 failed | | Read of sector 0 failed |
− | | + | </pre> |
| If the disk have been formatted and you try to re-initialize the disk, you will see this message in the console: | | If the disk have been formatted and you try to re-initialize the disk, you will see this message in the console: |
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| /usr/etc/disk -i -h localhost -l "UntitledDisk" /dev/rsd1a | | /usr/etc/disk -i -h localhost -l "UntitledDisk" /dev/rsd1a |
| disk name: PLI SUPER FLOPPY | | disk name: PLI SUPER FLOPPY |
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| writing disk label | | writing disk label |
| boot block extends beyond front porch | | boot block extends beyond front porch |
| + | </pre> |
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| How can I initialize floppy disks. | | How can I initialize floppy disks. |
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− | A: This assumes your external SCSI floppy drive is at sd1.
| + | This assumes your external [[SCSI]] floppy drive is at sd1. |
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| You must be logged in as, or su'd to root. | | You must be logged in as, or su'd to root. |
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− | (You type the things in bold...)
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| localhost:18# sdform /dev/rsd1a | | localhost:18# sdform /dev/rsd1a |
| device = /dev/rsd1a block size = 512 capacity = 1 MBytes | | device = /dev/rsd1a block size = 512 capacity = 1 MBytes |
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| disk type: removable_rw_scsi | | disk type: removable_rw_scsi |
| localhost:22# | | localhost:22# |
| + | </pre> |
| + | Valid: 3.1, 3.2 68K. |
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− | Valid: 3.1, 3.2 68K
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− | QAxx [xx will be replaced by the unique QAP number]
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| [[Category:Computing]][[Category:NeXT]] | | [[Category:Computing]][[Category:NeXT]] |