>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.
>
I think I've narrowed it down to the controller being the problem. I
remember seeing somewhere that the WD-XT-GEN won't recognize the original
ST-506. I'll have to try it with another controller sometime, and if it
doesn't work, I'll try to find another HD.
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-Jason Willgruber
(roblwill_at_usaor.net)
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Received on Mon Dec 28 1998 - 21:24:41 GMT