On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> "JE" == Jakob Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> > You may have problems with your BIOS booting from the 40 MB or not
> > making up its mind at all regarding which harddisk to use. This
> > Linux XT driver is intended (AFAIK) for linuxes running only on XT
> > harddrive, no IDE. (Typically som eextremely old 386SX.) Tip: If
> > you end up booting from the 40MB, maybe you can fix things by
> > booting from floppy.
> Oh, well, booting from floppy should not be a problem, as long as I
> don't break something in my Pentium. Thanks a lot.
Hey!
As always, standard disclaimer; don't blame me if it burns
up your house or something. :)
> BTW: Do you, Jakob, or somebady else know, whether one has to "park"
> the xt-disk before shutting down the computer? The guy who gave me the
> xt insisted that I had to use the "park" utility that he had written
AFAIK it is good if you do this. It is so that the head(s) won't
hit the disk surface when moving the drive.
(This only applies to disks with a stepper (motor), as old XT disks have.
Newer disks have "voice coil" instead and they automatically returns
to a safe position when power fails.)
> for the disk before switching power off. AFAIR it "parks" the head of
> the disk on track 1. Is this neccessary, and if, how do I do this with
> linux and/or ELKS?
If no one ports this utility to ELKS, I guess XT drive users just
have to be very careful when moving the computer/disk.
Jakob
