Formatting Micropolis 1558
David Merrill
to replace with a Micropolis 1558 ESDI disk. This is my primary drive
and in the process of installing 4.1.1 I get the following result from
format:
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Ready to format. Formatting cannot be interrupted
and takes 11 minutes (estimated). Continue? y
Beginning format. The current time is ...
Warning: Using default mode select parameters
Warning: Drive format may not be correct
Formatting...done.
Block 639975 (1219/0/0), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
Warning: error saving defect list
Block 640010 (1219/1/0), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
Warning: error saving defect list
Block 640466 (1219/14/1), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
Warning: error writing backup label
Block 640468 (1219/14/3), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
Warning: error writing backup label
Block 640470 (1219/14/5), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
Warning: error writing backup label
Block 640472 (1219/14/7), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
Warning: error writing backup label
Block 640474 (1219/14/9), Fatal non-media error (illegal request)
Warning: error writing backup label
Verifying media...
<normal media verification results>
Format failed.
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The 1558 was happily running MS-DOS without problems, so I'm not
inclined to suspect the drive immediately. I've checked that
the 1558 is jumpered for 35 sectors per track.
Can anyone shed light on why it can't save the backup defect list
and label info?
Dave Merrill 312/996-6366 (voice)
Director, CAGIS 312/996-6343 (fax)
University of Illinois at Chicago dmer...@uic.edu (Internet)