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Years ago I tried this on CISC hardware and it worked. The drive initially reported as failed, but a reformatting in DST fixed it. The only difference between the PC and 400 formats is block (sector) size. PC scsi cards like adaptec will format with a 512 bytes per block and the AS400 formats with 520 or 522. Keith Jones, John (US) wrote: > Good point. I have not taken a PC-formatted AS/400 drive and placed it > back in an AS/400. In terms of device detection (4326, 6718, etc.) that > wouldn't be a problem since that's a firmware and not a format function. > But I'm not positive about the 400 low-level formatting the new drive. > Since it takes so darn long I would think the 400's add-to-ASP function > is (re)formatting the drive but I couldn't say for sure. I suppose this > could be a barrier for what Guy wants to do unless someone can verify > that the drive movement can go both ways. > > Maybe Dr. Frankenseries can chime in. >
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