ZRQC formatter issue

[joseph c lang]

On Saturday 21 October 2006 23:19, you wrote:
> Esteemed DEC Wizards,
>
> I'm trying to format a Seagate ST251-1 (40 MB MFM drive) connected
> to an RQDX3 using ZRQCH0 from XXDP25.  The formatter runs for over
> two minutes, stepping the heads steadily, and announcing completion
> of over 50,000 LBNs written.  It seems to write all of the low level
> format, then dies with this error:
>
> 	ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00007 ON UNIT 00 TST 01 SUB 000 PC: 105472
> 	Controller has reported a fatal error in the format program
> 	Status: FCT nonexistent
>
> The drive was originally used with WD controllers on 486 class MS-DOS
> machines.
>
> How do I get an FCT onto the drive?  Do I need to somehow wipe some
> additional space on the drive to trick ZRQC into thinking this is a
> raw drive, or something?
>
> Thanks,
>
> 
be sure to answer:
auto format mode = No
use RCT = No
manufacturing bad block information = No
downline load UIT = Yes
continue if bad block information is inaccessable = Yes

you should be good to go...

joe lang