Category : Tutorials + Patches
Archive   : WDDOCS.ZIP
Filename : 1006VMN1.FMT

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WD1006V-MM1 and WD1006V-MM2

Software Installation

...WARNING..................WARNING......................WARNING...

THE FOLLOWING LOW-LEVEL FORMAT PROCEDURE
WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON YOUR HARD DRIVE
BACK-UP THE DATA ON YOUR DRIVE BEFORE
CONTINUING WITH LOW LEVEL FORMAT ROUTINE


The format instructions that you follow are simple procedures to tell
the computer that you have either one or two Winchester disk drives
installed and prepares your operating system to recognize the Western
Digital controller.

You will need to know the parameters of your hard disk drives. As a
convenience to you, we have included a list of the most common hard
disk drives and their parameters. To access this list, return to the
STORAGE CONTROLLER menu. If your drive is not listed, contact your
drive manufacturer or consult your drive manual to determine drive
type and parameters.

Formatting the drive requires use of one of two software programs:
The IBM Advanced Diagnostics (or equivalent for AT compatibles) or
WDFMT. If you do not have WDFMT, you may return to the Main menu and
choose the Downloadable Software option. We have included the WDFMT
2.10 software for your convenience.


1. Insert your system Diagnostic Diskette (or equivalent).

2. Turn on power.

3. Boot diagnostic and select setup option.

4. Set clock, etc.

CAUTION
Avoid system damage by consulting your
Technical Reference manual to ensure that your
drive type is supported by your host BIOS drive
tables. Not all AT-compatibles share the same
drive tables as IBM.













5. Select proper drive type. Set up the system for the proper
configuration of diskette and fixed drives, base memory size,
expansion memory size and display. (Consult your Technical Reference
Manual.)

NOTE
USE OF ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS (OR SIMILAR PROGRAM FOR IBM-COMPATIBLES)
IS NECESSARY SINCE THE WD1006V-MM1/MM2 CONTAINS NO ON-BOARD BIOS
ROM. HOWEVER, IBM ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS WILL NOT FORMAT A DRIVE AT
1:1 INTERLEAVE. USE OF WDFMT, SPEEDSTOR FROM STORAGE DIMENSIONS,
DISK MANAGER FROM ONTRACK, OR SIMILAR SOFTWARE IS NECESSARY TO FORMAT
THE DRIVE AT 1:1 INTERLEAVE. AGAIN, FORMATTING A DRIVE DESTROYS ALL
DATA. IF YOUR DRIVE CONTAINS USEFUL DATA, BACK UP THE DRIVE BEFORE
EXECUTING THE LOW LEVEL FORMAT ROUTINE.



6. Insert System Diagnostic Diskette (or equivalent) and execute
low level Format. Follow instructions in your reference manual.

7. Load and execute the FDISK (to partition your drive). Use the
Operating System's "Format C:(or D:)/S" command to high level
format. Follow instructions in your reference manual.

Troubleshooting

Problem: 1790 Disk 0 Error.

Cause: No low level format on hard disk. Wrong drive type
selected. Not enough drive power. Bad cables. Improper
drive selection or termination.

Problem: Drive does not partition.

Cause: Check drive types. Note that drive types for the AT
and AT-compatibles differ.

Problem: "Error Reading Fixed Disk" appears when booting from
hard drive.

Cause: DOS partition not active.

Problem: Winchester activity LED continuously lit.

Cause: No problem. Drive LED selected for latched mode.





















Problem: Slow and inefficient operation.

Cause: The biggest cause for this problem is an incorrect
interleave factor. Therefore, some experimentation with
the interleave factor may be necessary. (Refer to the
format instructions for setting interleave factor).
Interleave factors are very dependent on the host
operating system and application.