386/ix hd configure problem. HELP!
Stan Voket
asv at gaboon.UUCP
Mon Aug 28 00:07:43 AEST 1989
Perhaps someone could shed some light on configurating Interactive
386/ix with a WD1007A-WA2 ESDI controller and a CDC/Imprimis 442 Meg
drive.
The problem:
Installing 386/ix on Disks/Controllers with more than 1024 Cylinders.
I know I can utilized all 1412 cylinders, it says so in the manual. I
"RTFM" but still have a case of "brain lock" here.
I tried two of the "logical" drive configurations on the WD
controller. that seem to make the drive "look" like it has 1023
cylinders.
I tried several partitioning schemes as is suggested by the manual but
it was getting very late. After several lengthly (hours!) attempts I finally
went with the default: Partition 1, unix, 100%, just to get things up and
runing. This used less than half of the drive. I'd sure like to do
this right the next time!
Has anyone used this controller/disk combination? (or other greater
than 1024 cylinder disk) If so I'm interesed in how you configured
things to utilize the entire hard disk for unix. Any help,
criticisms, and/or war stories will be greatly appreciated!
This topic may be of general interest. Please e-mail any responses
and I'll post a summary to the net.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
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