how to format an ide hard disc in a usb enclosure

[John Nielsen]

On Friday 05 September 2008, Julian Stacey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Reference:
> > From:		Ross <westr at connection.ca>
> > Reply-to:	Ross <westr at connection.ca>
> > Date:		Fri, 5 Sep 2008 10:57:05 -0400
> > Message-id:	<1741743380.20080905105705 at connection.ca>
>
> Ross wrote:
> > JS> Thanks to both for trying, but I still hope for a 1st usefull
> > response. JS> Repeat: Can FreeBSD generate & pass scsi commands
> > JS> over USB that a ISB to IDE enclosure will take & use to format.
> >
> > Do you know about "camcontrol" - it allows you to issue pretty well
> > any scsi command to devices.
> >
> > Whether it'll do it over a usb device, I don't know - I've never
> > tried.
>
> Thanks Ross,
> per my original post:
> 	camcontrol format da0
> 	  You are about to REMOVE ALL DATA from the following device:
> 	  camcontrol: scsiformat: error sending inquiry
> 	camcontrol format 3:0:0
> 	  You are about to REMOVE ALL DATA from the following device:
> 	  camcontrol: scsiformat: error sending inquiry
>
> yes I tried it, though I'm not experienced with it either,
> I'm hoping someone here on scsi@ might know if it shoudl work over USB
> bus (or if no one knows I could later ask on usb@ list.

Might require a custom kernel (to remove umass), but you could try atausb 
instead to give you a more native interface to the drive. What you'd do to 
format it from there I'm not sure but perhaps you know.

JN