Hard Drive woes...

[day@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU (Evan Day)]

I just picked up a used HD for real cheap (free :), but it seems to have
some problems.  I'm not sure if it even works.

I've got a ROM 01 GS, RamFAST rev D (3.00l), ZipGS (9Mhz/64k),
Soundmeister, and a Grappler+ in the machine right now.

The drive is a Seagate ST11900N mechanism.

The RamFAST utils complain the drive is formatted with an incorrect block
size (which is possible - the drive was used on a PC before), and that I need
to format it.  I ask it to do so.

It reports the device name, but not the serial number, device size, or 
space available in the SCSIUtils screen.  It's a 1:1 interleave, etc, etc.
There's a k on the right edge of the Sectors/Track and Heads readout.

When I try to format the disk, it spins up, makes a little noise.  After
a variable amount of time (anywhere from 30 seconds to over an hour), I
get a RamFAST MLI error:
	Command: 03-04 83 00 60 00 00 00 00 00
	Status: 27

(alternately, I've seen Command: 03-04 85 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 with the
same status)

So what do these codes mean?  Is the drive fried and useless?  I've tried 
both with and without a terminator, alone in the SCSI chain.

I also tried formatting it on a Mac, but I can't even get the thing to 
notice the drive (I know little about installing external mac drives,
however...:)

Any help is appreciated!

-Evan
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