> Sergio, > I wounder how this thread came up again, but however I never solved the > problem. I have never seen a motherboard with Low-Level-Formatting tool,
I remember that the firmware for the harddisk (i.e. a piece of the BIOS extention on the diskcontroler) had an entry (relative 5?) which started the low level formating. That was in the time of FMF and RLL coding, so before IDE. Harry > I guess you are talking BIOS. I remember a very old version of Norton having > something like this, but all my copies got corrupted or virus infected. > > Declan, > the reason I do maintain these 386 boards is, that there are some packing > machines > from FABRIMA working around here I use to maintain. They can run a 486 or > better, > just physically they don't fit into the rack, so I have to use these very > small, the > smallest PC-standard 386, which is no problem, I have got a couple of those. > They don't even have a HD in this machine, they work with a ROM-DOS. > Just for service needs I wanted a HD so I can run and check these boards. > Thank you for the offer, but I don't think it's worth the effort. Anyway, > if I go > and search around here, I guess I will find some. > > At 01:04 12/09/03 -0800, you wrote: > >On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 11:24:34AM -0800, Sergio enlightened us thusly > > > Check if your motherboard hasnt got any options for low level > > > fomatting, my old one did. If not, I may have some tool back at home > > > and could send you it(i have to see if it do work with WD hdd). > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 01:12 p.m. 13/05/03 -0800, you wrote: > > > > >Really weird stuff, my first guess would be that the boot sector > > > > >has some problem. You should look for some low level tools(you can > > > usually > > > > >get them at manufacturers sites) and try checking if the boot > > > > >sector hasn't got any trouble. If it hasn't got any, try low level > > > formatting > > > > >it.... > > > > > > > > it didn't have until I plugged it into my Windows Box, I was looking > > > for some > > > > Low Level formatting tool, but haven't found yet anything useful > > > > It's a Wester Digital Caviar 2250. > > > > > > > > Friedel > > > > > > > > > > > > >Sergio. > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everybody, have a little puzzle to solve here, a HD 255MB > > > > > > (MS-DOS 6.22 installed) I used to run in my 386-40, I > > > > >happend to > > > > > > stick into my official PIII-1000 running W98SE in order to > > > transfer > > > > > > some data, a procecdure I have done couple times with no > > > > > > problem. > > > But > > > > >this > > > > > > time, Windows did do something, because the HD 255MB wouldn't > > > > > > boot again from my 386, investigating I found there was nothing > > > wrong > > > > >with > > > > > > that HD, I could access it as slave, I could use all data and > > > > >programs, > > > > > > I just couldn't boot from it. I used FDISK, I formated it (using > > > my > > > > >DOS > > > > > > 6.22 diskettes), still the same story. I attacked with W98 > > > > >FDISK /MBR, > > > > > > formatted and installed the DOS portion of W98, and guess what, > > > > > > it works, > > > but > > > > >muy 386 > > > > > > won't boot a W98, another 586 makes it boot with no problem. > > > > > > But I would like to have this disk for my 386, because HD's > > > smaller > > > > >than > > > > > > 512MB are rare over here. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas what's the secret and what to do, to get rid of it, to > > > make > > > > >this > > > > > > HD to behave as it did ? > > > >Sticking a dos-6.22 disk into w95 or w98 is usually the kiss of death to > >the format, as dos uses 16 bit FATs and w95 on uses 32 bit and 16 bit > >only for compatability reasons. Knowing m$, they didn't keep that up > >foir too long. > > > >One of your Dos disks Boots, doesn't it? Does the sys command work? > > > >sys a: c: - puts system files found on a: and puts them on c: > > > >With Dos-6.22, make sure you have nothing else on the disk. Dos has > >failed to do this for me in the past, and Norton 6.0 has succeeded > >because norton moves sectors out of the way, but the dod sys command > >doesn't. > > > >I'm surprised to find you putting effort into a 386. I have a 428mb disk > >lying around here. If you want it, drop me a line privately and I'll > >snail mail it to you. It's out of an old 286 laptop, but it has standard > >fittings. It also has dos 6.22 IIRC. > > > >-- > > > > With best Regards, > > > > > > Declan Moriarty. > >-- > >Author: Declan Moriarty > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > >San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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