hutch@hubcap.UUCP (08/22/87)
I have a non-standard (Priam ID60-AT) disk drive for a 6 MHz IBM PC/AT. I have patched IBM Xenix 1.0 to run with the drive. I would like to get IBM Xenix 2.0 to work. /xenix does not have the table "diskinfo" in its data section. I have not found an equivalent table. Could someone please tell me the best way to get Xenix 2.0 to believe that my drive has 981 cylinders (the ROM BIOS has 855 for type 12)? Patches, if necessary, for the boot programs would also be appreciated. David Hutchens hutch@hubcap.clemson.edu
hutch@hubcap.UUCP (David H Hutchens) (08/23/87)
I asked: > Could someone please tell me the best way to get Xenix 2.0 to > believe that my drive has 981 cylinders (the ROM BIOS has 855 > for type 12)? Patches, if necessary, for the boot programs > would also be appreciated. It turns out that I was worrying needlessly. Xenix 2.0 apparently gets its disk info from the partition table on track 0 of the disk (I am guessing). Since this was already correct, I was able to load the system using the provided hdinit, without reformatting the disk. David Hutchens hutch@hubcap.clemson.edu