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From: SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: pro 350's
Message-ID: <29941@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 9 Aug 90 22:58:28 GMT
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In article <15ikN2w162w@remote.halcyon.wa.com>, markw@remote.halcyon.wa.com (Mark Ward) writes:
> I'm attempting to use a miniscribe 25mb drive with a pro 350.  The
> miniscribe drive is either an 3825 or 2538 (I keep forgetting).  When
> the system comes up, it displays the drive controller as being messed
> up, then boots off floppy.  When I attempt to format the drive (with
> rt11-xm), the system pukes up and says it can't format it... I would
> assume I need a low level formatter for it...
> 

FORMAT.SAV under RT-11 is a low-level formatter, but the drive has to be
one that it recognizes. I know DW counts heads to determine the drive type,
and I assume FORMAT does something similar.

If the drive is really not formatted, you need to INSTALL DW before you can
format it; I seem to recall that FORMAT tells you this if you run it on an
unformatted drive.
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