opergb@emily.uvm.edu (Gary Bushey) (09/10/90)
I am trying to install a 760Meg drive on an ATT 386/20 WGS running ATT Unix Sys V/386 3.2.2. When I try to do a set-up using the disk, it only lists around a 300Meg drive. I tried to build my own definition but the set-up does not allow that. Is there anyway that I can do this? advTHANKSance, Gary Bushey opergb@uvm-gen.uvm.edu
frank@rsoft.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter) (09/11/90)
In article <1649@uvm-gen.UUCP> opergb@emily.uvm.edu (Gary Bushey) writes: >I am trying to install a 760Meg drive on an ATT 386/20 WGS running ATT Unix >Sys V/386 3.2.2. When I try to do a set-up using the disk, it only lists around >a 300Meg drive. I tried to build my own definition but the set-up does not >allow that. Is there anyway that I can do this? This is likely the same problem I encountered swapping a 330 meg ESDI drive for a 660 meg drive the other day. The higher capacity drive has 53 (?) SPT as opposed to the 34 or 35 of the smaller drive. A WD WA2 is not fast enough to handle that many sectors in one revolution - the BIOS setup insisted there were only 35 SPT. Changing to an SE2 (or equivalent from another manufacturer) should solve your problem. We used an Ultrastore. -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Frank I. Reiter UUCP: {uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!rsoft!frank Reiter Software Inc. frank@rsoft.bc.ca, a2@mindlink.UUCP Surrey, British Columbia BBS: Mind Link @ (604)576-1214, login as Guest