Re: Recover SCSI disks

[Robin Bowes <robin-lists@robinbowes.com>]

Robin Bowes said the following on 21/10/2005 12:38:
> Douglas Gilbert said the following on 21/10/2005 02:11:
> 
>> Robin,
>> You may like to fetch sg3_utils and try sg_format thus:
>>    sg_format /dev/sda
>> assuming a disk you have fetched from the array is placed
>> at /dev/sda .
> 
> 
> Hmm, sg3_utils doesn't seem to contain sg_format:
> 
> [root@compact ~]# rpm -ql sg3_utils
> /usr/bin/scsi_devfs_scan
> /usr/bin/sg_dd
> /usr/bin/sg_inq
> /usr/bin/sg_logs
> /usr/bin/sg_map
> /usr/bin/sg_modes
> /usr/bin/sg_rbuf
> /usr/bin/sg_read
> /usr/bin/sg_readcap
> /usr/bin/sg_reset
> /usr/bin/sg_scan
> /usr/bin/sg_senddiag
> /usr/bin/sg_start
> /usr/bin/sg_test_rwbuf
> /usr/bin/sg_turs
> /usr/bin/sginfo
> /usr/bin/sgm_dd
> /usr/bin/sgp_dd
> (man pages snipped)

Let me re-phrase that, the Fedora Core 4 sg3_utils-1.06-5 rpm doesn't 
contain sg_format (the above listing is from there).

I see from rpmfind that it is in the mandrake sg3_utils-1.16-1mdk rpm.

Ah, I've got the latest version from http://sg.torque.net/sg/index.html

R.
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