-- -Jason Willgruber (roblwill_at_usaor.net) ICQ#: 1730318 <http://members.tripod.com/general_1> -----Original Message----- From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu> Date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 10:29 PM Subject: Re: Seagate ST-506 DIP switch settings needed >Probably no great point in that. FDISK cannot usually see an ST-506/412 >interface HD that has not been low level formatted on the controller in >use at the time. Set the switch for the appropriate cable, and power up >the computer. Bring up DEBUG and at the '-' prompt, enter DC800:0<CR>. >If you see ASCII text that indicates that you are looking at a WD >controller, then enter G=C800:5 and follow the prompts to low level >format the disk. If this is successful - if the disk is good - then >FDISK should see it on the next bootup and you can go on from there. > >If it is not successful, you probably have a bad HD. Also, if your >DC800:0 search does not yield ASCII, try other addresses in 200H >increments. That is, such as CA00:0, CC00:0, etc. > > - don > >Received on Mon Dec 28 1998 - 03:28:08 GMT
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