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Article #397Re: More on adding ST-225 to Rainbow
From: Bruce Wright
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 1990 03:19
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 1990 03:19
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In article <7cbmira01@ULKYVX.bitnet>, cbmira01@ULKYVX.BITNET writes: > My boss, Paul, is having exactly the same trouble as Chaim Dworkin, > with adding a SeaGate ST-225 hard drive to his Rainbow 100+. > > Paul is only seeing 10Mb, even though the drive itself is a 20Mb! > > Would some knowledgeable person please post the answer to this riddle?! > To Chaim: if we learn something, we'll send you a note.. Would you > send us anything you learn?? This is almost certainly because you are using one of the older format programs that didn't expect to ever see a hard drive larger than 10 MB. Several newer ones exist - such as WUTIL - that allow you to format larger disks. The Rainbow can support any drive with an ST506 interface that PC can, but some of the early hard disk software was sufficiently brain-damaged that it doesn't know how to deal with the larger drives. The more important question is, why are you using a Seagate ST-225? Our experience has shown this to be one of the most unreliable drives manufactured - whether it's in a Rainbow or a PC. Even the other Seagate drives are better (like the ST-251). Bruce C. Wright
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!rti!bcw From: bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Re: More on adding ST-225 to Rainbow Summary: Putting an ST-225 on a Rainbow Message-ID: <3694@rtifs1.UUCP> Date: 26 Mar 90 03:19:16 GMT References: <7cbmira01@ULKYVX.bitnet> Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC Lines: 24