IIRC, the first time I had problems with the low level format was with one of the early IDE controllers and a 230MB Maxtor. Crapped out the entire firmware, was never able to get it to admit who it was again. Seemed to work okay with earlier MFM/RLL 40 MB and 80 MB Conner drives (I think, it's been a while).
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > I remember at least one manufacturer >recommending it for their > > >> drive(s) if they were ever tilted through 90 degrees - >presumably > > there > >> were tiny effects on the head positioning and so not >doing a > LLF > would > >> result in problems. > >> > > > > On Tue, 26 Sep 2017, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > > >> This was pretty common wisdom back in the day. Not quote sure how wise > it > >> was but it was generally recommended in the magazines of the time. I > >> remember reading an article about it in PC Magazine. > >> > > > > There were some interesting discussions of that when companies, such as > > Compaq, first started to put hard drives in portables! > > > > A lot of the conventional wisdom of the time has turned out to be not so > wise... > > Warner >
