How to use E-IDE disk in ISC4.x ???
Wybe Horsman
I'm trying to install Interactive 4.x (4.0 as wel as 4.1) on an
Intel PC (Zappa motherboard with Quantum Fireball 1080A E-IDE disk)
(harddisk is not (yet) high level formatted)
I can't get it installed. I see no error messages, the system just hangs
when it is about to create the unix partitions or files systems
-use Enhanced CHS protocol (EIDE) setting in CMOS:
ISC boots just fine, disk parameters are ok (bytes/sect:512, sect/track:63
heads/cyl.:64, #cyl.:528), fdisk creates 1 big unix partition, system hangs
after return.
:or:
-use Standard CHS protocol setting in CMOS:
idem, disk parameters are different, but ok (bytes/sect:512, sect/track:63
heads/cyl.:16, #cyl.:2110)
fdisk ok, system hangs after return.
(between these attempts I clear the partition table with a bootable
DOS floppy using fdisk [delete non-DOS part.] followed by
fdisk /mbr )
I also tried to set the disk parameters by hand in both situations like:
bytes/sect:512, sect/track:63, heads/cyl.:16, #cyl.:2110
bytes/sect:512, sect/track:63, heads/cyl.:32, #cyl.:1056
bytes/sect:512, sect/track:63, heads/cyl.:64, #cyl.: 528
but nothing seems to work.
Do I need some special E-IDE driver? How do you get your E-IDE disks
spinning under ISC 4.x ???
please help?!
(BTW our Interactive support don't know either )
wybe horsman
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