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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