pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (09/17/90)
I just (physically) replaced a 72MB Micropolis with a 190MB Maxtor XT-2190 HD, same cables, same everything. I put a bootable floppy in A: and turned on the power. I couldn't get it to go into the ROM setup and it wouldn't boot at all, giving the error message, "Hard disk unit 0 failure" It then lets me run setup. I've tried a couple of different HD types -- 32 (1024 cyls), 47 (0's for all values) -- but I never get past the same error message. I even tried "no HD installed." It booted the floppy but then DiskManager gave the "drive failed" message. I guess I have a bad drive? Pete -- Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College Voice: 609-586-4800 Engineering Technology, Computers and Math UUCP:...!princeton!mccc!pjh 1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 Internet: pjh@mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/20-21/91
mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) (09/20/90)
In article <1990Sep17.162754.462@mccc.uucp> pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes: >I just (physically) replaced a 72MB Micropolis with a 190MB Maxtor >XT-2190 HD, same cables, same everything. > "Hard disk unit 0 failure" Err umm.. perhaps the obvious solution.. hit F1 (or whatever) to continue, boot DOS from a diskette, and then run a low level format on the drive.. My drives gave me the same error until after the first low level format. -- ___Mark S. Lord__________________________________________ | ..uunet!bnrgate!mlord%bmerh724 | Climb Free Or Die (NH) | | MLORD@BNR.CA Ottawa, Ontario | Personal views only. | |________________________________|________________________|
dave@westmark.WESTMARK.COM (Dave Levenson) (09/22/90)
In article <1990Sep17.162754.462@mccc.uucp>, pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes: > I just (physically) replaced a 72MB Micropolis with a 190MB Maxtor > XT-2190 HD, same cables, same everything. [ and then no hard disk software or firmware worked ] Your 72 Mbyte Micropolis was probably an ST-506 interface. The 190 MB Maxtor is probably an ESDI interface. The cables look the same, but you need a new controller card, such as the WD1007WA2. -- Dave Levenson Voice: 908 647 0900 Fax: 908 647 6857 Westmark, Inc. UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave Warren, NJ, USA Internet: dave@westmark.com [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave
pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (09/22/90)
In article <4396@bwdls58.UUCP> mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes: =In article <1990Sep17.162754.462@mccc.uucp> pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes: =>I just (physically) replaced a 72MB Micropolis with a 190MB Maxtor =>XT-2190 HD, same cables, same everything. => "Hard disk unit 0 failure" = =Err umm.. perhaps the obvious solution.. hit F1 (or whatever) to continue, =boot DOS from a diskette, and then run a low level format on the drive.. Well, that COULD have been the problem, but it turned out to be wrong drive select jumpers! ;-) Moral: There are many things that can cause failure. The one that happened to you is *not* the only one, no matter how comforting that seems to be! :-) Pete -- Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College Voice: 609-586-4800 Engineering Technology, Computers and Math UUCP:...!princeton!mccc!pjh 1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 Internet: pjh@mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/20-21/91