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Allow use of FastFormat (FFMT) bits to reduce time. #2

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mglaske opened this issue Nov 12, 2020 · 0 comments

mglaske commented Nov 12, 2020

I'm not a SCSI/drive guru or anything, but this seemed like a good option to add to setblocksize!

Check out the FFMT field in here: https://www.seagate.com/files/staticfiles/support/docs/manual/Interface%20manuals/100293068j.pdf (page 74)

I used your utility on a 6tb drive, and it's still formatting :) I could only imagine trying this on a 12tb or larger drive.

The FFMT option would definitely be helpful for new drives, or for people who aren't concerned about checking the media for bad blocks.

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