Re: Big disk install problems

[Kenneth Earl Harker <kharker cs utexas edu>]

Thus spoke Kevin Chu:
> 
> Kenneth Earl Harker wrote:
> 
> > Is this something I am responsible for?  Or is the new disk broken?  How
> > can I tell if it is the disk at fault?
> 
> Is it a SCSI disk?  If yes, you can probably use the utilities in your
> host adapter to low-level format the disk and/or scan the disk's
> surface(s).

Oops.  I guess I omitted that - no, it's an IDE disk.  I suppose I could
install DOS and run SCANDISK or whatever it's called...  but geez I'd rather
avoid that...  hm.

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