> > >so if you do the LLF without writing zeros it would requier no >time at all ? >>>k >> >>Well, close to no time. It will still re-initialize the disk. And >>if you've selected a different partitioning scheme or changed from >>HFS to HFS+ (or HFS+ to HFS), it will take a few seconds. But it >>won't take anything like the several minutes to hours it can take to >>write zeros to a several gigabyte disk and/or do an LLF to a SCSI >>disk. >> >well I checked out the links about that was in some email here - one >was from a PC site - another strange thing is that I can note quote >from the internet and paste it to this list, even if I make it the >same as the rest of the text, that PC site said that you were not >allowed to low levelformat even a SCSI disk, and the links to the >drivesetup seem to be older than the ones I have. (9.1) >kenta
i even put a PC ide disk in my mac and formatted it to macintosh format, does that mean that the IDE structure is the same for mac and PC ??? i quoted myself ! kenta -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
