format.dat entry for Fujitsu M2266SA wanted

[Andrew J Michael]

I'm sure that this must have been asked and answered before, but I can't
see anything anywhere.  I also vaguely remember someone volunteering to
keep an archive of format.dat entries, but I can't find a reference for that
either - sorry ....

Anyway - I am after a format.dat entry for a Fujitsu M2266SA 1.2Gbyte SCSI
drive on a 4/40 and 4/350 under SunOS 4.1.1 Rev B.

If I try the default drive parameters according to the Fujitsu installation
manual, the format fails telling me that it cannot write the backup label and
defect list.  It reports a media error at a block number which should be
perfectly acceptable.  I have spoken to Fujitsu UK who tell me that this is
because SunOS doesn't support Type 1 SCSI commands, and is therefore limited
in the number of blocks it can address.  They also tell me to beware of the
block number rolling over and scratching the boot block (ouch !!)  Their
solution is to reduce the declared size of the drive so as to avoid the 
problem.

However, Sun UK tell me that as of 4.1.1, SunOS DOES support Type 1 SCSI
commands.  There also appears to be an entry in format.dat for a SUN 1.3Gb
drive.  But I still can't get the Fujitsu to format correctly at its full
capacity.

So - has anyone solved this one already ?  I can't believe that I'm the first
person to have tried this type of drive on a Sun ...

Many thanks in advance

Andy Michael




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