At 2:01 PM -0700 10/27/2008, PeterH wrote: >On Oct 27, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Dan wrote: > > One *formats* a drive. Usually this is done at the factory. The >> last step of which is to lay down a partition map (Apple or GID), and >> create (non-mountable) partitions to contain drivers and such. > >Drives haven't been able to be formatted for many moons.
Sure they have. You just need to hit the "format this" bit in the controller command. You just don't see a UI for it these days because there's no need for it. My fav local tech has Unix tools that let you send those commands. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
