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From: cd5340@mars.njit.edu (David Charlap)
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Subject: Re: HELP? with a Seagate St-225
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.172412.2533@njitgw.njit.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 91 17:24:12 GMT
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In article <1991Mar26.113404.9697@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> curlandm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Matt Curland) writes:
>Should this St-225 work in an AT? I can't get it to format, no matter
>what I do. The computer is a DTK. The BIOS hard disk format won't 
>work, "Disk Manager" won't work either. But Disk Manager seems to work
>with this drive when I put it into my old Compaq XT.

check your controller card.  if you're using an AT controller, be sure
the BIOS settings match the drive  (a ST225 is 4 heads, 615 cyl, I think)
If you're using the XT controller, make sure the BIOS is set to 
NO HARD DRIVE, since the XT controller ignores and will interfere with
the BIOS setting.
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David Charlap                   "Invention is the mother of necessity"
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