Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!ukma!gatech!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58+ From: jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Low-level formatting of hard-drive Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 88 05:13:13 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 15 Now if I recall correctly, you can disable the hard drive portion of the hard drive controller that comes with the Compaq. If however the hard drive controller (the original one, not WD-1003-RAH) is NOT the standard one from Compaq, then I will need more information before I can tell you what to do. One more suggestions is to buy a floopy controller and forget about that hard drive controller altogether. Western Digital has one of the best ones out for AT-type buses. (WD - stands for Western Digital, by the way.) -- J. Chin (a.k.a. Computer Dr.) ------------------------- Carnegie Mellon University ------------------------- 4730 Centre Avenue, Apt. #412 ARPAnet: Johnny.J.Chin@andrew.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania 15213 BITnet: jc58@andrew.BITNET (412) 268-8936 UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------