clayee@miro.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (02/04/87)
Hello, I bought a Seagate ST-238 hard disk and a Western Digital WD-1002 27X RLL controller this past weekend but have not had any luck getting them to work with my OLD IBM PC-1 (with 64K motherboard). My attempts to do a low level format according to my one page of documentation have gotten me to the point of "Press 'y' to format drive C" (or something similar. When I press 'y' I immediately get the message "Error---completion code 01". My PC does not seem to acknowledge the hard disks' existance because I can't take a directory of drive C. I am using DOS 2.0 and my other equipment includes one disk drive, an IBM color graphics card and a multifunction card. The following are some questions that I have have tried to puzzle out. Do I need to set some DIP switch on the motherboard? I have tried the 1 and the 3 floppy settings. What are the symptoms of an inadequate power supply? The Segate sounds like its spinning and I can hear the heads moving on power up. Also, the power supply is only very slightly warmer than before. I have also tried taking out the multifunction card to conserve some power. Do I need new ROMs? My understanding is that the hard disk should work without them, but I couldn't boot directly from the HD. How much would a ROM upgrade cost? Finally do I need to change some jumpers on the controller. The One page "manual" I received with the controller mentions a need to configure the drive to be "drive 0" by setting switches on the drive. I couldn't see any switches. If you have ANY suggestions, please send me a note. Many thanks in advance. Clayton Yee UUCP {tektronix,dual,sun,ihnp4,decvax}!ucbvax!ucbmiro!clayee New style clayee@miro.berkeley.edu ARPA | CSNET clayee%miro@berkeley.ARPA BITNET clayee@ucbmiro.BITNET