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AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0665 02-14-91
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GUIDELINES FOR USING NOVELL'S COMPSURF UTILITY
The following are some general guidelines that should be followed when using
Novell's compsurf utility:
NEVER use the format option in COMPSURF when:
- Using a SCSI drive.
- Using a drive over 1024 cylinders.
- Using a WD1007A-XXX hard drive controller.
- Hard drive manufacturer forbids it.
To successfully prepare a hard drive (over 1024 cylinders) for Novell, do
the following:
- Set drive type in CMOS per manufacturers recommendations.
- Low-level format using the manufacturers format utility (i.e.,
HDFORMAT for an AST drive).
- If the drive requires the Novell compsurf "stamp", run compsurf but DO
NOT take the format option.
- As soon as the compsurf utility starts, it will check track 0.
Immediately after the track 0 test is completed (usually within 45
seconds), hit the ALT + F10 keys twice. This should stop the compsurf
utility and "stamp" the drive.