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IBM PC hd probs

To: linux-8086@vger.rutgers.edu (Linux-8086 List)
Cc: linux-8086@vger.rutgers.edu
From: "Eric J. Korpela" <korpela@ssl.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 	Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:57:19 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups: linux.dev.8086

> I have an original IBM PC with a full 640k ram!! anyway it has a
> 20MEG? Seagate Hard Drive? Mode st-225. and well I can't access it.

> I tried to run dos fdisk but it gave an error.  I tried to use
> minix part and got an error saying it can't access the partition table.

Are the cables hooked up properly?  Is the controller seated in it's socket.
If the answer is yes, then try a low level format.  (If the controller card
is a Western Digital, start debug, then type "gc800:5"

Eric

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