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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Low Level Formatting w/ IBM Controller
Keywords: Format IBM Debug
Message-ID: <2728@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 90 17:57:01 GMT
References: <andreap.661724785@s.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <andreap.661724785@s.ms.uky.edu> andreap@ms.uky.edu (Peach) writes:
| We are starting to replace quite a few original hard disks in IBM XTs with 3rd
| party hard disks of comparable size.  The problem is that these original hard
| disks use an original IBM hard disk controller.  The usual DEBUG g=c800:5 low
| level format command does not work with this controller.  Is there a way to
| use the IBM controller with these 3rd party drives or must we purchase a new
| controller as well?  How do we perform the low level format?

  You need the IBM "Advanced Diagnostics" disk.
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