> BUT: If you have a Sonnet Trio ATA-controller which > appears as a SCSI-device to the system, the "Zero all > data" option is very much alive. Would this mean I could > kill my drives with the Apple harddisk utility?
Unless it's a truely antique IDE drive, say, 3.5" full height and 20mb, oh, and won't autodetect... then you can't kill it with an attempted lowlevel format. The drive will happily translate any lowlevel access commands to nop's, and do nothing while toggling your ide activity light if pressent. Joshua Coombs -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
