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Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300

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On Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 3:06:01 AM UTC+2, DoN. Nichols wrote:
> On 2015-07-07, vlaarom@gmail.com <vlaarom@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have successfully booted from diagnostic floppy.
> 
> 	Congratulations on your progress.
> 
> > I have got st-251-0 HDD. I can't format this disk(error: Can't write
> > the new VHB : Response = 10).
> 
> 	I don't know the specific meaning of 10 as an error code.  It
> might be in the WD1010 HD controller chip, or it may be in the driver in
> the kernel.
> 
> > But i can successfully low format this st-251-0 on 286 PC(WD1003-WA2
> > ISA board) with seagate disk utility 3.0.
> 
> 	O.K.  The disk works, at least.  Did you find an entry for that
> disk in the diagnostic floppy?  If not -- perhaps try the alternate
> diagnostic floppy, which is used with a newer kernel and with systems
> which have been modified to access a second hard drive.  IIRC, it has a
> larger list of hard disks -- as well as the possibility of entering the
> disk parameters manually.
> 
> > And i can run DOS 3.3 from this HDD.
> >
> > I have put jumper DS0 on HDD.
> >
> > HDD parameters:
> > # of Cylinders: 820
> > # of Tracks per Cylinder: 6
> > # of Sectors per Track: 17
> 
> 	You'll get less space on the 3B1/7300/Unix-PC.  It reserves one
> sector at the end of each track for a replacement when a nearby sector
> goes bad. (Happened a lot in those days.)
> 
> 	Good Luck,
> 		DoN.
> 
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Where can i find the image of alternate diagnostic disk?

Thank you

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  Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300 "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-06-12 00:13 +0000
    Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300 vlaarom@gmail.com - 2015-06-15 11:01 -0700
      Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300 "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-06-17 01:43 +0000
        Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300 vlaarom@gmail.com - 2015-06-17 00:18 -0700
          Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300 "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-06-18 03:42 +0000
            Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300 vlaarom@gmail.com - 2015-06-25 01:44 -0700
              Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300 "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-06-26 02:23 +0000
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        Re: Reconstructing an AT&T 7300 "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-07-18 03:53 +0000
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