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- From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
- Subject: Re: HD Expert Needed
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.192758.10940@dcatlas.dot.gov>
- Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
- References: <1992Aug26.213713.1742@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:27:58 GMT
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- gdg2@po.CWRU.Edu (Gary D. Grayson II) writes:
-
- >I have a problem with an ESDI. My controller is an Ultrastor 12F
- >w/32K cache. I have a Magtron 170M disk connected, and I want to
- >add a Fujitsu 415M as a second drive.
-
- >Problem: The Ultrastor setup utility doesnt recognize the second
- > drive. When in the drive parameter menu, the second drive is
- > listed as type "none", 0 cylinders etc...I can access the
- > second drive(Fujitsu) if I set it up alone. So the problem
- > That the drive connected to the middle of the controller
- > cable is not found.
-
- Did you check your BIOS settings? Typically, ESDI drives are identified
- to the BIOS as Type 1; the controller handles the necessary translation.
- When you put the Fujitsu drive on by itself, the BIOS did not have to
- be changed, and all was well. With _2_ drives, you must tell the BIOS
- that you do in fact have two drives (both set to Type 1).
- Change your BIOS type, then rerun the UltraStor utility. It should find
- the drive.
-
- -JTT
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