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From: grant@telesoft.com (Grant A. Lowe @second)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Hard Disk setup and partiioning
Keywords: hard disk, xt, debug
Message-ID: <1221@telesoft.com>
Date: 24 Mar 91 18:33:12 GMT
Organization: TeleSoft, San Diego, CA.
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Hi everybody.  I just got an St-251 Seagate with a 5150XL Disk
Controller from Data Technology (a division of QUME Corp.).  Well,
I run the DOS program debug, and at the - prompt, I enter the
following g=c800:5 (the BIOS address).  I'm then taken to the 
* Format Utility * Menu.  It displays: Drive no. (1-2), and I enter
the number 1.  When I do that it gives me the error message: Drive NOT
READY or NOT DISK.  Why am I getting this?  I have an EGA Wonder card,
and I was wondering if they are using the same address (I don't know
anything about addresses, this just crossed my mind)?  Or is it
something else?  The drive does have power and I made sure that I
installed the controller cords with the red wire nearest the slot in
the controller.  I haven't changed the jumpers either.  One more thing
is that the hard disk light doesn't come on at all when I power on or
when trying to format the disk.  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

grant