In a message dated 6/1/02 5:11:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<<
A friend of mine hypothesized that the 8600 SCSI controllers might 
not be the same (brand or type) as the 7200, that doing a low level 
format using the 8600 controller might fix it. I'll give that a try, 
it can't hurt.
>>

Probably won't help, either.

Low level formatting is done by the drive and wholly within the drive, when 
the software (say, Drive Setup) issues a (SCSI) "format drive" command.

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