bill@polygen.uucp (Bill Poitras) (12/12/89)
I read in an article in comp.sys.ibm.pc that an ST4096 isn't a supported by the IBM-AT bios, so certain disk activities (such as disk optimization) can be flakey. If there is no BIOS support for the ST4096, how can I use a ST4096 with Xenix/286? This is very important, so _ANY_ suggestions will be more than welcome. +-----------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Bill Poitras | Polygen Corporation | {princeton mit-eddie | | (bill) | Waltham, MA USA | bu sunne}!polygen!bill | | | | bill@polygen.com | +-----------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (12/12/89)
In article <609@fred.UUCP> bill@fred.UUCP (Bill Poitras) writes: | I read in an article in comp.sys.ibm.pc that an ST4096 isn't a supported | by the IBM-AT bios, so [ ... ] Pick a disk config which has the right number of heads to boot. Alternatively you can use one of the special packages to low level format (if you need it). Xenix allows you to set the disk params when you install, so there's no problem with *any* size disk, except getting it to boot. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
swatt@cup.portal.com (Steven Edward Watt) (12/13/89)
Xenix-286 does not use the hard disk BIOS when running the drive. It only uses it while booting. There is a special table that describes the drive to Xenix, installed by (I think) dkparam... DOS users should be so lucky! :) Steve Watt ...!claris!zok!wattres!steve swatt@cup.portal.com