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- From: dstratto@novell.com (Dan Stratton)
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- Subject: Re: Problem installing 2.2
- Message-ID: <dstratto.16.0@novell.com>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 14:44:26 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.204200.6423@cs.uwp.edu> <1992Aug27.094646.89896@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- In article <1992Aug27.094646.89896@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> steved@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
- >From: steved@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- >Subject: Re: Problem installing 2.2
- >Date: 27 Aug 92 09:46:46 +1000
- >In article <1992Aug26.204200.6423@cs.uwp.edu>, datta@cs.uwp.edu (David Datta) writes:
- >> Some history: We have a Gateway 386 that was used as a server running
- >> 2.2. It had 2-200MB [Maxtor LXT213A] hard drives being mirrored and
- >> they both failed at the same time. (1 controller and 1 motor.) We got a
- >> new drive [Maxtor 7213AT]. We are now trying to re-install netware. The
- >> machine boots and works fine with the new drive. When trying to install
- >> 2.2, we get the following error.
- >>
- >> ABEND: Improper ROM Parameter table for DISK Controller.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >The disk you are using is not in the ROM table. I'd bet you have selected
- >the user defined drive in the CMOS config. I had this problem too.
- >>
- >> I have checked and the parameters and they are correctly set to:
- >>
- >> C:683 H:16 S:38 WP:1698 LZ:1698
- >>
- >> Any suggestions?
- >
- >My "work-a-round" for this was to put my disks parameters in the ROM.
- >This required a new BIOS ROM to be burned, with appropriate checksum.
- >
- >There must be a better way.
- >
- >The other "work-a-round" is to choose a drive config in the table that
- >gets the most from your drive.
- >
- >SteveD.
-
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- This was a known problem with using a user definable drive type with the
- isadisk driver in 2.2. This problem goes away if you use the ide driver.
- It is available on netwire or ftp as ide286.zip in library 03.
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