remco@tnoibbc.UUCP (Remco Bruyne) (09/13/88)
Hello ATARI-lovers: Here are some answers and one question about hard disks. I connected a CMI 5619 harddisk (16MB) to my 1040ST via a XEBEC S1410 controller and an ATARI host adapter board. The software I used is: icdfmt.prg from ICD (a *VERY* nice program which may be distributed freely) and icdboot.prg as a diskdriver. The problem is: when I try to format a second hard disk (logical unit number = 1 instead of 0, which is the first HD), the disk starts formatting but when the last track is done, the formatting process starts all over again, so partitioning is not done. I *can* format the second disk when I strap it to be LUN=0, but I still cannot access the disk as a second hard disk from the desktop. Question: Is this a software problem or does it have something to do with the ATARI host adapter board ? Finally: anyone who is interested in how I got the first HD to work (I also got a RODIME 204E (44MB) and a seagate ... (40MB) running) please let me know and I can see if I can help. Thanks in advance for your (hopefully numerous) answers. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Remco Bruijne USENET: remco@tnoibbc PHONE: +31 15 606437 ------------------------------------------------------------------