Unable to access new SEAGATE drive

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From: Alex Chapman
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 00:00

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I've just bought a new Seagate IDE ST3660A drive and tried to replace
my existing second harddrive with it.

It installed, and formatted under DOS fine to 545MB (>1024 cylinders)
by the use of the utilties provided with the drive.  However, when I
boot to OS/2 it doesn't recognise it.

Is there something special I need to do when switching hard drives ?
Could the fact that the drive has more than 1024 cylinders be causing
a problem ?

When I say that it doesn't recognise it, I mean that FDISK shows both
physical drives, but doesn't recognise the partition as having been
formatted (shows as TYPE 57), whilst under DOS I can happily access it.

I've spent an entirely frustrating evening connecting to the SEAGATE
BBS and the IBM BBS and finding absolutely nothing.  I've also tried
the Seagate WWW page, and the Warp Pharmacy.  Can anyone suggest
anything ?

Alex Chapman  <alex@mercer.demon.co.uk>
<URL:http://metro.turnpike.net/mercer> (homepage with os/2 info)

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From: Alex Chapman <alex@mercer.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Unable to access new SEAGATE drive
Date: 1995/06/11
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