03-22-2009, 05:23 PM
jdc wrote:
something happened when you first tried to format it -- not sure if it had to be with the fact that it wouldnt umount or whatever -- but it should have taken all of 30 seconds to reformat
It first screwed up when I tried to format it. Strangely since it won't let me do anything else, it is letting me write zeroes on it, which is taking a long time, 8 hours with firewire. It remains to be seen if I can do anything with it when the zeroing is finished or if it will finish.
I appreciate all the suggestions from everyone.