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- From: David.Norman@ttlg.UUCP (David Norman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Help! AMI bios won't recongize my RLL drive!
- Message-ID: <715837192.1@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 18:01:04 GMT
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- Hello DAVID!
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- 01 Sep 92 22:32, DAVID E. STILL wrote to All:
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- DES> From: destill@mtu.edu (DAVID E. STILL)
- DES> o-state.edu!caen!mtu.edu!destill Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- DES> Subject: Help! AMI bios won't recongize my RLL drive! Organization:
- DES> Michigan Technological University
- DES> @Message-ID: <1992Sep1.223230.6151@mtu.edu>
- DES> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:32:30 GMT
- DES>
- DES> I'm having a little trouble with my computer. The AMI bios won't
- DES> recognize my RLL drive. Both the drive and the controller work (at least
- DES> in an XT), so the problem is in the BIOS. I'm using AMI BIOS on a 386sx
- DES> @ 25Mhz. Here are the drive and controller specs:
- DES>
- DES> Seagate ST225 formatted at 31M RLL (ST238 equiv?)
- DES> 8-bit Western Digital contr. WD1002A-27X
- DES>
- DES> Here are the drive settings I am using for the bios:
- DES>
- DES> Type Cylns Heads WPcom LZone Sectors
- DES> -+-- -+--- -+--- -+--- -+--- -+--+--
- DES> 3 615 6 300 615 17
- DES>
- DES> Are these the wrong settings? Do I have to set the jumpers differently
- DES> on the controller card because it's a 386sx instead of an 8088? Do I
- DES> have to put the controlling ram in a different spot? Somebody please
- DES> help me!
- DES> Thanks. *****************************************************************
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- Tell Cmos that there is no hard drive. This should solve your problem.
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- David
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