On Thu, 7 May 1998 01:54:22 -0400 (EDT), you said:
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>> Where do I find a program that will do a Low Level Format?
>
>> >Next, I insert the BootUp Floppy and proceed to do a normal install. It
>> >gets to a point, and then stops.
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>> >Partition check:
>> > hda: hda1
>> >RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
>> >
>> >Then it just stops right there. Can somebody give me an idea on how to fix
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>A low-level format is not what you need. As a matter of fact, you can't
>lowlevel format an IDE drive like you would a SCSI drive.
While I agree it's not needed, I've formatted quite a few IDE drives
with On-Track Disk Manager. It's an urban legend that it's impossible.
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