herve@timpit0.UUCP (Herve Schauer ) (02/03/87)
The AT portablt Toshiba 3100 have a 20 Mb disk with 2 heads and 600
cylenders, so Xenix SCO cannot format the disk. Does anyboby install any
Xenix system on the AT portable Toshiba 3100 ?
Thank's in advance.
Herve Schauer
( ...!seismo!mcvax!inria!timpit0!herve or
...!seismo!mcvax!inria!geocub!itecom!herve )caf@omen.UUCP (02/07/87)
In article <190@timpit0.UUCP> herve@timpit0.UUCP (Herve Schauer ) writes:
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: The AT portablt Toshiba 3100 have a 20 Mb disk with 2 heads and 600
: cylenders, so Xenix SCO cannot format the disk. Does anyboby install any
: Xenix system on the AT portable Toshiba 3100 ?
The most recent version of SCO Xenix should be able to handle that disk,
especially if it is in the machine's ROM. In 2.2, you can specify the
number of heads, cyliners, pre-comp cylinder, landing zone, etc. to the
installation procedure.jcvw@ark.UUCP (02/09/87)
How to connect a non-standard Hard disk to a machine running SCO XENIX: The following procedure will do the job: - boot MS DOS - run debug, find interrupt vector 41 (at address 0000:0104) this vector is a long address to the table of the harddisk type stored in the CMOS RAM by setup. - remember the offset within the ROM - take out the ROM BIOS from the computer - patch the tables in your ROM, using a EPROM programmer and the IBM technical reference manual for the AT. - put the ROM back in the computer - do a low-level format - install XENIX An alternative procedure is: - Wait for SCO to release their version 2.2 of XENIX V or get an update for 2.2 Disclaimer: I am in now way connected to any of the beforenamed companies, I accept no responsibility for any problems that may occur using this procedure I just heard of the procedure, maybe you can use it...