Re: convert 520 byte sector disk to 512 byte sector?

Grant Grundler
2003-06-18T20:38:46Z

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 11:32:33AM -0700, Cress, Andrew R wrote:
> You can set the block descriptor as part of the mode page file using sgmode
> from
> http://scsirastools.sourceforge.net

Andrew,
no - this won't work for many of the Seagate drives.
The "mask" for format mode page is mostly zeros.
See my blk512-linux.c at:
ftp://gsyprf10.external.hp.com/pub/scsi/blk512

(older code is at .../blk512_old)

thanks,
grant