chaim@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Chaim Dworkin) (03/27/90)
In article <3694@rtifs1.UUCP> bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright) writes: >In article <7cbmira01@ULKYVX.bitnet>, cbmira01@ULKYVX.BITNET writes: >> My boss, Paul, is having exactly the same trouble as Chaim Dworkin, >> with adding a SeaGate ST-225 hard drive to his Rainbow 100+. >> >> Paul is only seeing 10Mb, even though the drive itself is a 20Mb! >> >> Would some knowledgeable person please post the answer to this riddle?! >> To Chaim: if we learn something, we'll send you a note.. Would you >> send us anything you learn?? > Bruce Wright replies: >This is almost certainly because you are using one of the older >format programs that didn't expect to ever see a hard drive larger >than 10 MB. Several newer ones exist - such as WUTIL - that allow >you to format larger disks. The Rainbow can support any drive with >an ST506 interface that PC can, but some of the early hard disk >software was sufficiently brain-damaged that it doesn't know how to >deal with the larger drives. > Apparently you missed my first post. I formatted the disk using DEC's early version of a hard disk prep program and got 10Mb. I was then advised to use WUTIL. When I used WUTIL v3 it also formtted to 10Mb and refused to let me repartition to any size larger. WUTIL told me it saw a RD50 (I forgot what it was called but it's DEC's 10Mb drive) The drive had been used previously in a Pro-350 as a 20 Mb drive and was a real ST-225 so I'm fairly certian it is a 20Mb. >The more important question is, why are you using a Seagate ST-225? Easy answer..... someone gave it to me free. Chaim Dworkin chaim@eniac.seas.upenn.edu