cznot@nixdorf.de (Cznottka) (10/17/90)
Hi out there!
I have a 386 slot CPU board 16 MHz with Phoenix Bios and an WD 1006 SVR 2 RLL
Controller. I can't setup my drive (Fujitsu 2243: 754 tracks 11 heads) within
the normal CMOS setup because I have no user defined drive entry.
So I tried to use the Conroller BIOS. This BIOS allows an user defined drive
table entry. I defined my drive and the BIOS changed the CMOS setup drive to
type 1.
Then the menu told me to reboot the system. After that I called the BIOS again
via debug. There it showed me that the drive is type 1 but has not the
parameters I defined.
As I understand it the Controller BIOS should overlay the PC BIOS but it doesn't
work.
So I patched my PC BIOS to match the parameters of my drive.
- Is this the only way to do this thing ?
- Has a normal Phoenix BIOS got a user defined entry in the drive table?
- Do I need the Controller BIOS for something else than formatting the drive
(i.e. for caching)?
I've heard that one can get a transfer rate of 790 KB/s with this Controller
(core test). I get only 650 KB/s with core test.
Could I get 790 KB/s if I can use the Controller BIOS?
Please Help.
Heinfried Cznottka, c/o Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, STO SI 413
Pontanusstrasse 55, D-4790 Paderborn
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