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From: grinberg@bimacs.BITNET (Dennis Grinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hard drive/Controller
Message-ID: <887@bimacs.BITNET>
Date: 12 Jun 89 15:38:21 GMT
References: <14348@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: grinberg@bimacs.UUCP (Dennis Grinberg)
Organization: Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
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In article <14348@watdragon.waterloo.edu> mdharding@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Matthew D. Harding) writes:
>To all the people who answered my plea for help: Thank you very much.
>
>But it is still not answered!!! Nearly everyone suggested that it is probably
>not low-level formatted, and suggested using debug and the command g=c800:5
>to intiate the ROM program. However, this hangs my machine big time, generating
>1) Divide overflow, or 2)clear screen and hang, or 3) cold reboot, or any combo
>of the above. Many people suggested that I should do this if my controller is
>Western Digital. I'm guessing it's not, but how can I be sure? There are no
>markings on my controller card, except for various IBM logos - does this mean
>it's a (gasp) IBM controller? (No wonder nothing works).
>
I've seen a copy of the documentation for a WD (!!) controller that states
that because it has no on board ROM, a low level format must be done
using the IBM PC-AT advanced diagnostics.  Unfortunately, I don't remember
which controller it was.  (The controller was in an AT machine)
Hope this helps a little.................
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