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From: waldref@psueea.UUCP (Greg Waldref)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: 40 Meg hard drive in pc/AT, HELP!
Message-ID: <260@psueea.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 27-Sep-86 04:26:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: psueea.260
Posted: Sat Sep 27 04:26:43 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Sep-86 21:54:59 EDT
Reply-To: waldref@psueea.UUCP (Greg Waldref)
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Organization: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Portland State University; Portland OR
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I am trying to install a Seagate st-251 40 meg drive in my AT
clone.  I am useing a 16 bit Western Digital controler #wd1003-
wa2, and IBM ms-dos 3.2.  The drive has 6 heads and 820 tracks,
so far all I've been able to do is call it a 'type' 8 and the
advanced diagnostics will then format it using 5 of the heads and
733 tracks (32 Megs).  If I set the type as 15, the diagnostics
tries to do the low level format starting at track 1024, barfs,
un, dies!

I've found some info in an old Byte about setting up a drive type
table and putting the pointer for it in INT 46h.  However it
doesn't tell where to put the table, or how to 'put the pointer
in INT 46h.

I've tried the debug methode: -g =c800:5, but there is not code
there so this would do no good.  Also I don't want to spend
anouther $40 to $130 for a program to do the setup.

I've tried getting the info from Micro Soft, but they say they
don't suport Micro Soft DOS (must be anouther companys product!),
also IBM says they don't suport DOS (or their Hardware) unless I
have a reciept FROM THEIR STORE (not 'some other IBM store in
anouther city).  Seagate's answer is: It can only be done with
the hard drive setup software offered by other companies ($40 to
$130).  Ok, but the software can do it, why can't it be done by
hand?? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Thanx in advance

greg waldref
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