There is a problem that can make you laugh :P

[MozzerFan]

I remember I had this problem once with a 2 GB harddisk.
Formatting would stop at a certain point.
I seem to recall I had the wrong maxtransfer setting.
You can find the right setting at
http://www.gregdonner.org/os39faq/diskfileoperation.html

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I just checked the drive. I used maxtransfer 0x0001fe00
and had no problems ever since formatting the drive.
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Good luck,
Lloyd

[MozzerFan]

Which max transfer setting did you use ?
Checked my disk again. Max transfer was set to 0x1fe00. Before I made the change my maxtranser size was 0xffff and formatting the drive would stop at a certain point.

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BTW  I got the solution from the amiga afs faq (google)
Do a goolge search for amiga afs faq in google groups.
check answers numbers 24 and 32.

quote from the faq:

24.  What value should MaxTransfer be ?

     IDE Drives  - Try 0x1FE00.  If files greater than 64K       get corrupted then reduce it to 0xFE00.

     SCSI Drives - Use 0xFFFE00.

     It must also be divisable by the sector size (512) due      to a bug in the WorkBench format code.


32.  My machine hangs when I format my partition.  Why ?

     Your MaxTransfer value is too high.  See the question       on MaxTransfer...

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[MozzerFan]

 Well I guess you could try 0xFE00.
 Maybe 0x1FE00 is still too high.
 It is worth a try.