Re: Western Digital Controller -- HELP!

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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1986 02:01

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In article <7204@lanl.ARPA>, myxm@lanl.ARPA (Mike Mitchell) writes:
> I have an IBM/XT with a 20 Meg Tulin and I want to add a 30 Meg Seagate
> Full Height (ST4038). The controller that I am using is the Western
> Digital Auto Configuring WX2. I have tried a bunch of different setups
> with this thing and I am at wits end...
> 
  I believe that the ST4038 needs to be formatted as having 732 cylinders.

  Also: do you not need to execute a low-level format first ? Or does the
        "Auto Configuring WX2" take care of that for you ?

   greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny

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Subject: Re: Western Digital Controller -- HELP!
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