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Re: IBM PC hd probs

To: "Eric J. Korpela" <korpela@ssl.Berkeley.EDU>,
Cc: linux-8086@vger.rutgers.edu
From: "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@earthlink.net>
Date: 	Sun, 13 Jul 97 15:56:01 
Newsgroups: linux.dev.8086

On Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:57:19 -0700 (PDT), Eric J. Korpela wrote:

>> 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"
>
I don't know if that will cause problems, because I heard it was g=c800:5. I think you always need the "=" for 
it to work properly.

Paul
Regards,

Paul Khoury
pkhoury@earthlink.net

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