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From: wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help Installing ST4096 in AT
Message-ID: <1789@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 89 15:16:57 GMT
References: <1989Nov1.115806.12645@agate.berkeley.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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From article <1989Nov1.115806.12645@agate.berkeley.edu>, by danny@garnet.berkeley.edu (Danny Lee):
> 
> 
> 	Hi there!  I've got a Seagate ST4096 drive that needs to be
> installed in an IBM AT.  I am looking for some info regarding its
> drive type so that I can partition and format it without using a
> third party's partitioning software.  Is this even possible?  The
> reason being that this AT will be running Microsoft Windows 2.11
> most of the time and it would be nice to be able to use their
> disk caching driver Smartdrv.sys (which causes problems with
> partioning software such as SpeedStor).  ANY help and/or pointers
> will be appreciated.
>
You're going to have some problems if you do not want to use 3rd
party software to handle it.  The st4096 has 9 heads, 1024 cyl.,
and a standard formatted capacity of 80 meg.  The closest you
can come to that setup on an old style AT with 14 drive types
is type 8 which means you will loose disk space.  On the IBM
CMOS setup chart for drives on the IBM will not handle the drive.
Some of the other BIOS's may handle it directly.  I have an st4096
in my AT and am using Disk Manager and have had no problems with
any of the other software that I want to run.  It will not run
under OS/2 though.
 
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Northern AZ Univ  Flagstaff, AZ 86011