Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!merch!cpe!techsup!garyk From: garyk@techsup.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Tandy 2000 Hard Drives and Floppy Message-ID: <15400011@techsup> Date: 8 Aug 89 21:52:00 GMT References: <15058@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> Lines: 35 Nf-ID: #R:umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU:15058:techsup:15400011:000:1137 Nf-From: techsup.UUCP!garyk Aug 8 16:52:00 1989 /* Written 4:42 pm Aug 8, 1989 by techsup.UUCP!garyk in techsup:comp.sys.tandy */ > 5) An HD. I'm using a surplus DEC RD-52 disk (nominal 35 Megabytes, > but I don't know how to tell MS-DOS to use past the first 10 Meg.) > You need an ST-506 drive with BUILT-IN RAMPED SEEK!!! This is > because the 2000 controller does not ramp it's seek commands and > hence will "lose" the non-ramped disk (you'll get head-positioning > errors that won't recover within 10 seconds of boot-up.) > > > (Do you know how to tell MS-DOS to use more than the first 10 meg on a hard > disk?) > > -Good luck > Bill > > /* End of text from techsup:comp.sys.tandy */ There are two options that might be of use on the Tandy 2000 HFORMAT program. HFORMAT /p < will cause the program to ask for number of heads & cyls. DO NOT go over 32 megabytes! HFORMAT /b < prompts for the 'bad track' data These can be used in combination with each other & the /s option. I am told this is buried somewhere deep in the owners manual. Gary Kueck {sys1:trsvax}!techsup!garyk /* End of text from techsup:comp.sys.tandy */