jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) (02/01/89)
There must be a simple answer to this problem. Certainly someone
else has experienced it ...
I am trying to install a Seagate ST251-1 in a Compaq DeskPro 286.
The machine was purchased about 4 years ago and has the original
disk controller [ first hint ].
The drive formats successfully and the formatter software which
was included with the drive is able to scan the entire drive with
no difficulty. I have run setup and set the drive type to 11,
which is what the Seagate documentation suggests it be set to.
The problem occurs when trying to reboot and perform the high-level
format. The system responds with a 1790 disk error and will not
recognize the drive after that. No combination of FDISK or FORMAT
or whatever can access the drive. Only the drive formatting
software has success. N.B. I have told the software to partition
the drive into a 32MB partition and a 9?10?12? MB partition. I
have also had it install the system files as well. This doesn't
seem to make a difference.
Okay - I suspect this drive will not work with the controller
which is in there and that I need to purchase a new HD controller.
Is this correct? Or do I need to buy a ``Compaq'' hard disk?
Send mail, DO NOT FOLLOWUP! I will post a summary to the net
once I have found a GENUINELY working solution. A plausible path
is {backbone}!killer!rpp386!jfh, or just whip up an L.sys line
from the number in the .sig and use 'uucp' to login.
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