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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: IBM_PC gn_wini.c (was bios_wini.c)
Keywords: disk drive, BIOS
Message-ID: <1792@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 10 Dec 88 23:17:12 GMT
References: <840@nosc.NOSC.MIL>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <840@nosc.NOSC.MIL> hall@nosc.NOSC.MIL (Robert R. Hall) writes:
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>As written the BIOS_WINI.C did not work with my disk drive
>which is a Seagate St238 RLL disk.  In paticular is has 26
>sector per track instead of 16.  Since BIOS call are now
>possible it occured to me that the disk parameters should
>also be obtained from the BIOS.  Here is BIOS_WINI.C modified
>to get disk parameters using INT13 service call $08.
>It corrected my problem and run fine on my XT clone with it's
>RLL disk (the xt_wini.c would not run with this disk).
>I also tried it on a Zenith 248 AT but there the w_do_rdwt
>call took an excessively a long time.

Thanks for posting this.  Will other people please give it a try on lots
of machines and post results.  If we could find an xx_wini.c that worked on
all machines, I could use it in the boot diskette to get rid of the PC and
AT versions and have one generic version that booted everywhere.

What is the story on the Z-248?

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)