Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!think!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!husc6!hscfvax!pavlov From: pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP (840033@G.Pavlov) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Western Digital Controller -- HELP! Message-ID: <220@hscfvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 22:01:32 EDT Article-I.D.: hscfvax.220 Posted: Thu Sep 11 22:01:32 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Sep-86 07:02:02 EDT References: <7204@lanl.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University Lines: 12 In article <7204@lanl.ARPA>, myxm@lanl.ARPA (Mike Mitchell) writes: > I have an IBM/XT with a 20 Meg Tulin and I want to add a 30 Meg Seagate > Full Height (ST4038). The controller that I am using is the Western > Digital Auto Configuring WX2. I have tried a bunch of different setups > with this thing and I am at wits end... > I believe that the ST4038 needs to be formatted as having 732 cylinders. Also: do you not need to execute a low-level format first ? Or does the "Auto Configuring WX2" take care of that for you ? greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny