erich@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Horst) (03/16/91)
I bought an IBM AT used and it came with an ST-251 drive installed. (6 head,820 cyl, 17 sect, 42MB capacity). It has previously been in service and had TWO partitions and TWO 20Mb logical drives. I wanted to start fresh so I repartitioned it, etc, but now everything says that the drive has 6 heads, 615 cyls, 17 sect and only 32Mb capacity (bios type 3). I have physically verified on the drive that the larger size is correct. Obviously a bios type problem, but there is no drive that matches. I have never had to install a new drive like this before and need to know how this can be made to work. It obviously worked before but I am stumped. I have tried as many things as I can think of. I could use the 10Mb. Can anyone give me a hint? Thanks, Eric Horst University of Washington erich@cac.washington.edu
davem@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Dave McCrady) (03/17/91)
erich@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Horst) writes: > > I bought an IBM AT used and it came with an ST-251 drive installed. > (6 head,820 cyl, 17 sect, 42MB capacity). It has previously been in > service and had TWO partitions and TWO 20Mb logical drives. I wanted > to start fresh so I repartitioned it, etc, but now everything says that > the drive has 6 heads, 615 cyls, 17 sect and only 32Mb capacity (bios > type 3). I have physically verified on the drive that the larger size > is correct. > > Obviously a bios type problem, but there is no drive that matches. > I have never had to install a new drive like this before and need to know > how this can be made to work. It obviously worked before but I am stumped. > > > I have tried as many things as I can think of. I could use the 10Mb. > Can anyone give me a hint? > What controller are you using? Do you have access to a custom formatting utility such as SPEEDSTOR (well worth the modest price, IMHO)? Dave McCrady | ersys!davem@nro.cs.athabascau.ca +1 403-454-4054 (voice) | Disclaimer? Who needs a disclaimer? +1 403-454-6093 (public USENET) | I >own< the joint.