[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Error writing FAT when formatting IDE HD?

sorrow@oak.circa.ufl.edu (06/11/91)

I have a Micronics ASIC 386-33 with the onboard IDE controller.  I just
purchased a Seagate ST1144A IDE drive and ST08 IDE adapter.  We plugged it into
a Tandy 4000, managed to get it to recognize it as a 112MB drive, then
partitioned it (worked fine).

We then did a FORMAT C: /S, which seemed to work fine, until the very end,
which ended with a :

Format completed
Error writing FAT

Norton Disk Doctor said the disk was unrecoverable.  Repartitioning didn't
help.  We then moved it over to my 386-33 with the same results.  My onboard
IDE adapter was disabled for this.

Anyone seen this before?

Also, I also want to keep my IDE drive and one of my RLL drives so that I can
do an XCOPY /S and not have to do a massive backup and restore.  Is this
possible?  I have a MicroScience HH1060 and Seagate ST277R with an Adaptec
1072B(?) 16-bit RLL controller.

Replies should be via e-mail if possible.

Brian
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