curlandm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Matt Curland) (03/26/91)
Should this St-225 work in an AT? I can't get it to format, no matter what I do. The computer is a DTK. The BIOS hard disk format won't work, "Disk Manager" won't work either. But Disk Manager seems to work with this drive when I put it into my old Compaq XT. Help? Matt Curland.. . . . . . . curlandm@prism.cs.orst.edu _____________________________________________________________________________
cd5340@mars.njit.edu (David Charlap) (03/27/91)
In article <1991Mar26.113404.9697@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> curlandm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Matt Curland) writes: >Should this St-225 work in an AT? I can't get it to format, no matter >what I do. The computer is a DTK. The BIOS hard disk format won't >work, "Disk Manager" won't work either. But Disk Manager seems to work >with this drive when I put it into my old Compaq XT. check your controller card. if you're using an AT controller, be sure the BIOS settings match the drive (a ST225 is 4 heads, 615 cyl, I think) If you're using the XT controller, make sure the BIOS is set to NO HARD DRIVE, since the XT controller ignores and will interfere with the BIOS setting. -- David Charlap "Invention is the mother of necessity" cd5340@mars.njit.edu "Necessity is a mother" Operators are standing by "mother!" - Daffy Duck