On 2006-02-18 19:24:58 +0000, Steve <stek1961NO@SPAMmac.com> said:

> Recently got a pair of ST336704FC disks for a SunBlade 1000 and I'm
> having some issues.
>
> Basically I cannot slice them. I don't have the console output but
> basically they complain about needing to be formatted in 512kb block
> size and format goes off and does that.
>
> Then I slice up the disk and label and label tells me theres an error
> writing the VTOC and that's as far as I can get. I quit format and try
> again and I'm faced with being unable to label again.
>
> I tried the format, analyse, refresh dodge I read about in google but
> it doesn't work for me.
>
> I've just remebered about the 'format -e' command so I'll try that
> after this latest attempt to label finishes...
>
> Steve

It was the 'format -e' thing! Just need to label as SMI and Roberts yer
Dads Brother.

Seems that a *BSD had been on the disks previously probably.

Steve