💾 Archived View for spam.works › mirrors › textfiles › computers › ASTRESEARCH › 0666.tb captured on 2023-06-16 at 21:41:27.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=============================================================================
AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0666 02-13-91
=============================================================================
NOVELL COMPSURF WITH ESDI DRIVES
Problems may occur when running Novell's Compsurf Utility with AST's OEM
version of the WD1007 ESDI controller (AST part number 240018-001) and the
Maxtor 4380 320 MB hard drive (AST part number 230055-320). Examples of some
errors are as follows:
- Abend: Disk Channel 0 could not reset controller
- Unable to access Sector 14
- Unable to read bad block table
To resolve the above problems, you must do the following:
- Do a low-level format using the manufacturer's utility software (i.e.,
HDFORMAT.EXE for an AST drive).
- Run Novell utility ESDIDISK.EXE. (Do not attempt more than three
passes.)
NOTE: The Novell utility ESDIDISK.EXE is available on Novell's Bulletin
Board (NETWIRE) and is listed as ESDIDR.ZIP in Library 6, Forum A.
This utility will:
- Check track zero.
- Scan the hard drive surface.
- Put the COMPSURF "stamp" on the drive.
- Create a bad block table that Novell can use.