[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] help with hard drive

bnk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Bob N Keenan) (08/01/90)

>>>Lucy
>> The "code" you are talking about is a bios utility that is addressed
>> with dos DEBUG.  The controller card contains a built in setup/configure
>    {etc}
>Whoa, I beg to differ. g=c800:5 will most probably low level format the
>HD if the controller has on board ROM or a ROM Extension (probably
>unlikely for an AT type controller). Low Level formatting will definitely
    {etc.}
>Milan
>.

 yes, the debug command g=c800:5 is the bios low level format command
 for a western digital controller. I sloppily used "setup/configure"
 instead of "format utility" in a rush.  Now after reading and realizing
 that I really only answered her question about what the code was, a better
 answer to the question is: back up the 10 meg drive onto floppies, pull it
 out of the xt, put it in the 286, run the bios format command on the 10 meg
 drive and dump the floppies back on.  I would go this route instead of
 trying to install the drive to a different controller with out backing up.
 Thanks for pointing out that milan...... I would'nt want to have been 
 accountable for the someone losing all their data.............