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From: gale@virtech.uucp (Gale A. Botwick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard Disk setup and partiioning
Keywords: hard disk, xt, debug
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.043938.19428@virtech.uucp>
Date: 28 Mar 91 04:39:38 GMT
References: <1221@telesoft.com>
Organization: Sequel Technologies
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grant@telesoft.com (Grant A. Lowe @second) writes:

>Hi everybody.  I just got an St-251 Seagate with a 5150XL Disk
>Controller from Data Technology (a division of QUME Corp.).  Well,
>I run the DOS program debug, and at the - prompt, I enter the
>following g=c800:5 (the BIOS address).  I'm then taken to the 
>* Format Utility * Menu.  It displays: Drive no. (1-2), and I enter
>the number 1.  When I do that it gives me the error message: Drive NOT
>READY or NOT DISK.  Why am I getting this?  I have an EGA Wonder card,
>and I was wondering if they are using the same address (I don't know
>anything about addresses, this just crossed my mind)?  Or is it
>something else?  The drive does have power and I made sure that I
>installed the controller cords with the red wire nearest the slot in
>the controller.  I haven't changed the jumpers either.  One more thing
>is that the hard disk light doesn't come on at all when I power on or
>when trying to format the disk.  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

>grant

Have you connected the 4 wire power cord from the power supply to the
hard disk drive?  Or is that the cord you are referencing?  Usually they
only fit in one way.  The light on the drive should be on at all times 
when the system is powered on.  Make sure that you've plugged the cable
from the hard drive into the correct place on the controller.  
If I remember correctly, the DTC controller that you speak of supports up to
two hard disk drives (MFM).  Drive 1/2 are indicated on the card or by
J# and referenced in the manual.  There shouldn't be a conflict with the
EGA card.  Are you installing this on a computer that didn't have a hard
drive previously?   What BIOS do you have on this PC?  Does setup recognize
the hard drive?  

Gale