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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Help: IBM XT HD controller - How to low-level format?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.135413.14328@panix.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 13:54:13 GMT
- References: <BzL5LA.A7r@cmcl2.nyu.edu>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
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- In article <BzL5LA.A7r@cmcl2.nyu.edu> liuyu@acf3.nyu.edu (Bill Clinton) writes:
- >Hi,
- > I have a XT HD controller that seems to be an IBM controller. I has
- >part number 62x0776 on the card. I also has some Xebec chips and Rom.
- >How do I low-level format HD with this controller?
- >I tried g=c800:5 in debug but it didn't work. Am I starting at the wrong
- >address? Or do I need a external program to do a low level format?
-
- The XEBEC controller does =not= have a ROM-based format menu. You must
- program it manually using port out commands from debug. Frankly it's easier
- to use a third-party program like Disk Mangler or SpeedStor to do it.
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