[comp.unix.i386] ISC 386/ix & IDE Conner HD problems

nass@theseas (Nassos Papakostas) (07/02/90)

Some help please with my problem, if possible:
I want to install 386/ix on a 386SX machine with Phoenix N1.10.12 BIOS and a
Conner CP3184 Hard Disk (84Meg, IDE interface), but the BIOS doens't support
my disk (although the larger Conner IDE models are supported :-( ). The guys
at Conner Tech Support told me to configure the disk as any BIOS list entry
of similar capacity; I found one with 1024 cylinders * 9 heads * 17s/tr. 
(my disk is 832 * 6 * 33), but I wonder whether this is OK or not, since UNIX
installation deals with cylinders... What can I do (maybe instruct the BIOS
how to recognise my disk ? ).
Also: is the 386/ix 'reformating' a low level one (IDE expects to find its own
low level format on the disk and I don't want to mess it up !)


Nassos Papakostas,			Internet: nass@theseas.ntua.gr
National Technical U. of Athens,	UUCP:	  ...!mcsun!ariadne!theseas!nass
EE & CS Department,
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