need format.dat info for Seagate 18.4GB SCSI Cheetah X15

Lester Ingber

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Nov 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/20/00

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I need the partition and disk_type entries to be placed in /etc/format.dat
for a new disc to be attached to my SCSI card on my Ultar10/Solaris8,
Seagate 18.4GB/15,000rpm Ultra 160 SCSI Cheetah X15 #ST318451LW
Seagate tech support tried to be helpful by giving me several reference
links, but none of which had this info.

Thanks.

Lester

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John A. Stewart

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Nov 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/20/00

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In <8vbug3$c...@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Lester Ingber <ing...@ingber.com> writes:

>I need the partition and disk_type entries to be placed in /etc/format.dat
>for a new disc to be attached to my SCSI card on my Ultar10/Solaris8,
> Seagate 18.4GB/15,000rpm Ultra 160 SCSI Cheetah X15 #ST318451LW
>Seagate tech support tried to be helpful by giving me several reference
>links, but none of which had this info.

You shouldn't need an /etc/format.dat entry to add a SCSI disk. The
Solaris format command is capable of determining how big a SCSI disk is
without any "hints" from /etc/format.dat.
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Jochen Gatternig

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Nov 21, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/21/00

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Hi!

You could find a link to a format.dat here:
http://www.sunhelp.org/pages.php?page=info-misc
I havn't checked if your drive is listed.

Regards, Jochen

"Lester Ingber" <ing...@ingber.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I need the partition and disk_type entries to be placed in /etc/format.dat
> for a new disc to be attached to my SCSI card on my Ultar10/Solaris8,
> Seagate 18.4GB/15,000rpm Ultra 160 SCSI Cheetah X15 #ST318451LW
> Seagate tech support tried to be helpful by giving me several reference
> links, but none of which had this info.
>

James Kittle

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Nov 22, 2000, 9:43:43 PM11/22/00

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Lester,

If you have trouble getting the format.dat
Let me know. I have a copy of PTI SCSI tools 32 Demo
It will create a Sun Label and a format.dat entry for you.

Bill Kittle
BLT Services

Justin Case

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Nov 24, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/24/00

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Hi,

Will that PTI SCSI tools utility work for an Iomega JAZ drive too?
I have been trying to get my external 1GB JAZ drive to work with my
Sparcstation 20 running Solaris 7, with no luck. I have tried all the
format.dat entries that I got from sunhelp.org, and elsewhere, but none
work.

Thanks!
Dana

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James Kittle

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Nov 24, 2000, 6:50:20 PM11/24/00

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Hi Justin,

Here is the link for the demo.
http://scsitools.com/
I have not tried it on a removable drive.
After you install. Look for Workststion Prep.

Good Luck,

Bill Kittle

Justin Case wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Will that PTI SCSI tools utility work for an Iomega JAZ drive too?
> I have been trying to get my external 1GB JAZ drive to work with my
> Sparcstation 20 running Solaris 7, with no luck. I have tried all the
> format.dat entries that I got from sunhelp.org, and elsewhere, but none
> work.
>
> Thanks!
> Dana
>
> "James Kittle" <dar...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:3A1C8421...@home.com...