roger@mips.UUCP (Roger March) (01/01/87)
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I bought a Maxtor XT-1065 for my AT clone and could use some
help in getting it wheezing along. The first order problem is
that I can't create the partition information on the drive. The
store where I got the drive said it was type 12, can anybody
confire this? When I tried FDISK (either DOS or MicroPort's)
it died reporting a read error, though it seems to be seeking
correctly when I try MicroPort's FORMAT. Any hints come to mind?
I've decided to fix the non-working disk problem by bringing
both my machine and drive to the store and having them at least
getting it to speak DOS. I'm just sort of curious about why I
can't get it to work.
My real question is that once I have the drive so that it can
talk DOS, how can I best take advantage of it with MicroPort?
If the drive really is a type 12, it is limited to 17-512 byte
sectors because of DOS-edness. This means it looks like a 52Mb
drive. Since raw device is 65Mb, I would expect to have at least
60Mb of data after formating. Can I use MicroPort's FDISK utility
to redefine the number of sectors, and if so, what number is the
legal maximum? Thanks.
Roger March
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-Rogue Monster (also known as Roger March)
UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4,hplabs}!decwrl!mips!roger
USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (408) 991-0220ee161aba@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU (David L. Smith) (01/06/87)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Hard disk (also MicroPort) question ... Summary: Expires: References: <809@mips.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: ee161aba@sdcc18.ucsd.edu.UUCP (David L. Smith) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Keywords: In article <809@mips.UUCP> roger@mips.UUCP (Roger March) writes: > I bought a Maxtor XT-1065 for my AT clone and could use some > help in getting it wheezing along. The first order problem is > that I can't create the partition information on the drive. The > store where I got the drive said it was type 12, can anybody > confire this? When I tried FDISK (either DOS or MicroPort's) > it died reporting a read error, though it seems to be seeking > correctly when I try MicroPort's FORMAT. Any hints come to mind? > I've decided to fix the non-working disk problem by bringing > both my machine and drive to the store and having them at least > getting it to speak DOS. I'm just sort of curious about why I > can't get it to work. > > Roger March >-- >-Rogue Monster (also known as Roger March) >UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4,hplabs}!decwrl!mips!roger >USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (408) 991-0220 I recently brought on Microport on my AT. I continually got a 'sending set param to clear error bit' I don't know if this is the same problem you're having, but anyhow, the fix was a beta test release from Microport. System runs quite nicely now. Call Microport. They're willing to help and they're very good about it. (And, hey, they even know what they're doing) Cheers, David L. Smith {ihnp4, sdcsvax}!sdcc18!ee161aba