I restored my IBM RT back in 1999. I put it into storage and now I am
going through the whole process again. I forgot everything....well
almost.
Older Seagate hard drives are getting pretty hard to find, so I have
tested my entire collection of old 4 GIG + drives. I found only one
that would allow VRM to boot without giving the LED code of 35.
Dboot will see the hard drive fine and configure it. VRM will not see
it at all and I have no option available to select a drive.
I have read that some people used an "updated" VRM and I am not sure I
am using that. I had the correct software at one time, but can't find
my archive form 1999.
The drive I am using is a Samsung 4 GIG....so the easy answer is that
I have to use a Seagate. I would LOVE to use a CF to IDE adapter!!!
Any ideas???
Thanks,
John
I seem to be missing a step.
After I run dboot and configure the hard drive and before I start the
VRM install....it seems that I had to do something else...create a
partition maybe?
Anyway, I have a 210 MB Seagate hard drive in it now and I am having
the same problem. I can configure with dboot, but when I select 3 from
the VRM menu I can't select a hard drive.
Thanks again,
John
Just to satisfy my curiosity, John, which type of RT/PC do you have? A
6151? All of the 6150 tower units that I recall only supported ESDI
drives. I remember running a 6150 with a pair of 314MB monsters, they
were pretty noisy.
Rick Ekblaw
Thanks again,
John
Email: jcla...@clausengis.com