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From: medici@zodiac.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: HELP: Core HC310-PS with IBM PS/2 ESDI, LL Format
Message-ID: <713.265f1f72@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
Date: 27 May 90 00:29:38 GMT
Organization: Rutgers University - CCIS
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I'm trying to get the following configuration working:

	IBM PS/2 Model 80 (16MHz) with an IBM ESDI controller.
	Core HC310-PS 310MB ESDI hard drive (P60310).

I've got some questions that I hope someone out in netland can
answer:

   1.	Has ANYONE ever configured this combination?

   2.	Has anyone ever attempted to run Core's HDFORM.EXE
	(low-level format utility) on this combination?

   3.	Has anyone successfully completed both of the above?


Now don't get me wrong -- these drives seem to work fine.  It's just
that it doesn't seem possible to perform a Low-Level format on them
using the software Core supplies.  As long as they work out of the box
(which they all, thus far, have) everything seems fine.

I only discovered this as I started to switch over to Netware from
PC-LAN Program, and decided to re-low-level format the drives again.  I
can't get it to work.  And, after 4 days on the phone with Core's tech
support, I am no closer to a solution.

Please - if you can offer any related personal experience with these
drives, please send me some mail.  All info will be GREATLY appreciated.

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