Re: MAJOR HD help needed!!!

["Seth D. Kadesh" <thes+@CMU.EDU>]

blakjak@panix.com (Noah Mittman) writes:
> I've tried formatting and partitioning a HD I bought just today that had
> been used on a Mac previously. However, it can't seem to format it
> properly - I've gotten I/O Error $027 I believe - and found that all
> available space on the disk is used even though there are no files in it.
> Can't erase the disk either, can't initialize it properly either.
> HELP!!!!!!

Error 27 is an I/O error.  This could be bad.

> Hardware: Apple II HS SCSI, ROM1 (0 upgrade), Octoram w/ 4 Megs, 1 3.5"
> Apple, and the mystery drive: actually the only thing I'm sure about it is
> that a) it's SCSI, b) it's 52 megs, and c) it's internally terminated and
> hard-wired for ID #2.

It sounds like a Quantum drive.  How are you trying to format it (what
software, what steps) and how is it connected?

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