Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcnc!philabs!prls!mips!roger From: roger@mips.UUCP (Roger March) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Hard disk (also MicroPort) question ... Message-ID: <809@mips.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 14:41:03 EST Article-I.D.: mips.809 Posted: Thu Jan 1 14:41:03 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Jan-87 18:41:48 EST Lines: 28 {Your line eater doesn't work} I bought a Maxtor XT-1065 for my AT clone and could use some help in getting it wheezing along. The first order problem is that I can't create the partition information on the drive. The store where I got the drive said it was type 12, can anybody confire this? When I tried FDISK (either DOS or MicroPort's) it died reporting a read error, though it seems to be seeking correctly when I try MicroPort's FORMAT. Any hints come to mind? I've decided to fix the non-working disk problem by bringing both my machine and drive to the store and having them at least getting it to speak DOS. I'm just sort of curious about why I can't get it to work. My real question is that once I have the drive so that it can talk DOS, how can I best take advantage of it with MicroPort? If the drive really is a type 12, it is limited to 17-512 byte sectors because of DOS-edness. This means it looks like a 52Mb drive. Since raw device is 65Mb, I would expect to have at least 60Mb of data after formating. Can I use MicroPort's FDISK utility to redefine the number of sectors, and if so, what number is the legal maximum? Thanks. Roger March -- -Rogue Monster (also known as Roger March) UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4,hplabs}!decwrl!mips!roger USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (408) 991-0220