I'll try the other addresses. When I tried <G=C800:5>, the light on the HD
(Seagate ST-506 5 MB) came on for about 10 seconds, the screen went blank,
and the computer rebooted. I'll see if the other addresses will work.
ThAnX,
-Jason
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>
> I tried to access the site, but it was too slow, and I was too impatient
> :). Accessing the BIOS through debug is easy once you know the proper
> address. The syntax from debug is "g=c800:5" with the "c800:5" being the
> address in the BIOS to start the formatting routine. Other addresses
> include c800:6, cc00:5, and cc00:6. On the Western Digital Super Bios,
you
> can set the drive parameters from the prompts and I don't know if the
> Adaptec will allow this or not. If you have jumper blocks, the drive
> parameters are most likely set with jumpers.
>
> I have found the easiest way to verify the address is to use the
unassemble
> command as there will always be a jmp instruction at the entry point in
the
> bios, i.e. uc800:5 and if there is no jmp instruction on the first line,
try
> another address. Good luck.
Received on Thu Nov 05 1998 - 20:40:24 GMT