search

Seagate / ToolBin

All the great tools we have for the field.
126 stars 31 forks source link

ST12000NM0007 won't allow fastFormat to 4k from 512e #4

Closed mrfuzzemz closed 6 years ago

mrfuzzemz commented 6 years ago

Let me know if you need any other information. Thanks!

root: ./SeaChest_Format_120_1177_64 --formatUnit 4096 --fastFormat 1 --confirm I-understand-this-command-will-erase-all-data-on-the-drive -d /dev/sdp

SeaChest_Format - Seagate drive utilities Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved SeaChest_Format Version: 1.2.0-1_17_7 X86_64 Build Date: Nov 2 2017 Today: Tue Jan 23 16:18:50 2018

sg17 - ST12000NM0007-2A1101 - ZJV00AN7 - ATA Format Unit Format Unit Not Supported or invalid option combination provided!

rudock1 commented 6 years ago

--fastFormat is specifically for SAS interface drives and is used in conjunction with the --formatUnit command. SATA interface drives can quickly change between logical sector sizes using the --setSectorSize command.

--setSectorSize [new sector size] (Seagate Only) This option is only available for drives that support sector size changes. On SATA Drives, the Set Sector Configuration command must be supported. On SAS Drives, Fast Format must be supported. A format unit can be used on SAS instead of this option to perform a long format and adjust sector size. Use the --showSupportedSectorSizes option to see the sector sizes the drive reports supporting. If this option doesn't list anything, please consult your product manual. This option should be used to quickly change between 5xxE and 4xxx sector sizes. Using this option to change from 512 to 520 or similar is not recommended at this time due to limited drive support.

This option can be used to quickly change the the logical sector size between 5xx emulation and 4xxx native logical block sizes. Resulting LBA (sector) count is either /8 or *8 the current Read Capacity or Identify, depending on the direction of the conversion. In the case of SAS, this is a fast format unit command keeping existing data in the physical sector. The media may be readable, but data may be unspecified or may return errors on read access according to it's error processing algorithms.