grant@telesoft.com (Grant A. Lowe @second) (03/25/91)
Hi everybody. I just got an St-251 Seagate with a 5150XL Disk Controller from Data Technology (a division of QUME Corp.). Well, I run the DOS program debug, and at the - prompt, I enter the following g=c800:5 (the BIOS address). I'm then taken to the * Format Utility * Menu. It displays: Drive no. (1-2), and I enter the number 1. When I do that it gives me the error message: Drive NOT READY or NOT DISK. Why am I getting this? I have an EGA Wonder card, and I was wondering if they are using the same address (I don't know anything about addresses, this just crossed my mind)? Or is it something else? The drive does have power and I made sure that I installed the controller cords with the red wire nearest the slot in the controller. I haven't changed the jumpers either. One more thing is that the hard disk light doesn't come on at all when I power on or when trying to format the disk. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. grant
LEVYJI@PURCCVM.BITNET (03/26/91)
Grant, you may not be using the correct bios address on your hard drive
controller card. I used to have a list but I have since misplaced it.
Some suggestions: Call the manufacturer of the hard drive controller and
find out what the correct bios address is.
Second, call the manufacturer of your hard drive the
st-251 and find out all the correct specifications.
The correct number of cilinders, and heads and all that
fun stuff.
Lastly, why are you using debug. Is it just to do a
low level format. First try and use the dos fdisk
command and then format c:. That should work fine.
I have had problems using debug in the past. I
borrowed a friends copy of Disk Manager. Give this a
try, it seems effective.
Good Luck let me know if you need any more help.
Jeff
levyji@vm.cc.purdue.edugale@virtech.uucp (Gale A. Botwick) (03/28/91)
grant@telesoft.com (Grant A. Lowe @second) writes: >Hi everybody. I just got an St-251 Seagate with a 5150XL Disk >Controller from Data Technology (a division of QUME Corp.). Well, >I run the DOS program debug, and at the - prompt, I enter the >following g=c800:5 (the BIOS address). I'm then taken to the >* Format Utility * Menu. It displays: Drive no. (1-2), and I enter >the number 1. When I do that it gives me the error message: Drive NOT >READY or NOT DISK. Why am I getting this? I have an EGA Wonder card, >and I was wondering if they are using the same address (I don't know >anything about addresses, this just crossed my mind)? Or is it >something else? The drive does have power and I made sure that I >installed the controller cords with the red wire nearest the slot in >the controller. I haven't changed the jumpers either. One more thing >is that the hard disk light doesn't come on at all when I power on or >when trying to format the disk. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. >grant Have you connected the 4 wire power cord from the power supply to the hard disk drive? Or is that the cord you are referencing? Usually they only fit in one way. The light on the drive should be on at all times when the system is powered on. Make sure that you've plugged the cable from the hard drive into the correct place on the controller. If I remember correctly, the DTC controller that you speak of supports up to two hard disk drives (MFM). Drive 1/2 are indicated on the card or by J# and referenced in the manual. There shouldn't be a conflict with the EGA card. Are you installing this on a computer that didn't have a hard drive previously? What BIOS do you have on this PC? Does setup recognize the hard drive? Gale