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From: walt@sixwbn.UUCP (Walt Novinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: non-standard drive in pc
Message-ID: <125@sixwbn.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 89 20:27:45 GMT
References: <909@starfish.Convergent.COM>
Organization: Just me and my Robin in Mt. View, CA
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in article <909@starfish.Convergent.COM>, jerry@starfish.Convergent.COM (Gerald Hawkins) says:
> 
> I've been trying to format an ancient CMI 5616 for use in my AT clone.
> 
> Unfortunately, the 5616 seems to have 256 cylinders, 6 heads (16 MB
> total) and therefore does not match any of the drive type choices offered
> by BIOS or by IBM diagnostics.  
> Is there any way to use this old clunker productively?
> Jerry.  (jerry@starfish.convergent.COM)
> -----

You might try a copy of SpeedStor software.  This allows you to
partition drives larger than 32MB (not your problem, I know), as well
as formatting drives by specifying the number of heads and cylinders.
SpeedStor is available from most software dealers (I got mine at
Egghead) for about $50-60.  Works great!
Good Luck!
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