cwwj@ur-tut.UUCP (Clarence Wilkerson) (03/13/88)
Did you try using DEBUG and the built-in lowlevel format routine at c800:0005 in the WD ROM? WD distributes nice instruction sheets for setting up the formatting. I've had mixed luck trying to read drives formatted with one brand of controller with another controller, so I do suggest a lowelevel format, followed by FDISK and FORMAT from DOS.
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (03/15/88)
There wasn't any indication here that the drive was formatted on a
different controller. Furthermore, the FAT is part of the high
level format, not the low level format. The symptoms, as reported,
are puzzling. If the FAT is ok when it reads correctly, and you
don't get any other error messages, that discounts problems such as
bad interleave factor, improper step rate, etc. It's a better bet
that the drive is failing.
Mike Berger
Department of Statistics
Science, Technology, and Society
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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