Mark, Yes, but there are not many good Solaris guys around! That's why we like it when you give us your comments. I think there have been a couple of users on this list who bought their own hard drives and struggled to restore IA onto the new drives. The first drive took them quite a while to get a successful restore. The second one - not so long. Terry Doucet, Eng. Re: [foxboro] formatting USB hard drive, Solaris 8 Or a good Solaris guy 5 minutes! _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave