[MacTUG] Problem: formatting a drive with 10.5.2 disk utility

[Marlon A. Griffith]

Systems
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- 20 " aluminum iMac
- 4 GB of ram
- 10.5.2

- an external 80 GB ide hdd in a firewire case

- 20 " white plastic iMac
- 2 GB of ram
- 10.4.10

System Profiler of hdd in 10.5.2
--------------------------------

FireWire Bus:

  Maximum Speed:    Up to 800 Mb/sec

00JJC0:

  Manufacturer:    Initio
  Model:    0x340
  GUID:    0x10100340000000
  Maximum Speed:    Up to 400 Mb/sec
  Connection Speed:    Up to 400 Mb/sec
  Sub-units:
00JJC0 Unit:
  Unit Software Version:    0x10483
  Unit Spec ID:    0x609E
  Firmware Revision:    0x443
  Product Revision Level:    4.43
  Sub-units:
00JJC0 SBP-LUN:
  Capacity:    74.53 GB
  Removable Media:    Yes
  BSD Name:    disk1
  Mac OS 9 Drivers:    No
  Partition Map Type:    APM (Apple Partition Map)
  S.M.A.R.T. status:    Not Supported
  Volumes:
ecHDbk:
  Capacity:    37.14 GB
  Available:    37.1 GB
  Writable:    Yes
  File System:    HFS+
  BSD Name:    disk1s3
  Mount Point:    /Volumes/ecHDbk
imgBk:
  Capacity:    37.14 GB
  Available:    37.1 GB
  Writable:    Yes
  File System:    HFS+
  BSD Name:    disk1s5
  Mount Point:    /Volumes/imgBk 


Situation
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When I format the hdd on the plastic iMac, it works.

When I format the hdd on the aluminum iMac, it errors out, saying that the erase failed.

Note: the versions of disk utility are obviously different.


Any idea why it fails in 10.5.2?


Thanks in advance,

-- 
Make it a great day!
Marlon A. Griffith
Engineering Computing
University of Waterloo
519-885-1211 x38146
m3griffi at engmail.uwaterloo.ca

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