format on rs6000

[Richard Hasting]

In article <1991Jun21.134118.960 at mlb.semi.harris.com> jdr at sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Jim Ray) writes:
>Has anyone been able to format a disk on the RS6000 boxes (
>specifically the model 540 )?
>
>Is there a way to format while not booted off floppy ( diagnostics )?

 No, there isn't.

>We have had problems formatting normal scsi drives on the IBM, and the
>support people have not been of much help.

What kind of scsi drives?  There are some scsi drives out there that
have some problems that were "uncovered" when the 3003 CS update
came out.  If you are having to define the drive as an "OTHER SCSI"
then you might need a new driver for your drive to work.  I don't
remember precisely what the APAR is, but the device driver is 
available from Austin Support.

>Thanks,

You're welcome.

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>Jim Ray                                Harris Semiconductor
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       Richard Hasting, Austin TX.  
       rich at kunikpok.uucp; ... !cs.utexas.edu!icus.com!kunikpok!rich
       What organization, I own the machine. 
       "We're on a mission from God." - Dan A.

kunikpok.uucp won't work for a while, use the other address for now.

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       Richard Hasting, Austin TX.  
       rich at kunikpok.uucp; ... !cs.utexas.edu!icus.com!kunikpok!rich
       What organization, I own the machine. 
       "We're on a mission from God." - Dan A.