17 Nov
2005
17 Nov
'05
9:24 p.m.
David Betz wrote:
Do you know if a PC controller for an MFM drive can
format an ST225
sufficiently that RT-11 can use it? I figure it would get the high
level format wrong but wouldn't the low level format be okay? Can't
RT-11 handle the high level formatting?
Much easier, in my opinion, just to do it in XXDP. I have the
Winchester standalone (zrqch0?) from XXDP modified** to boot from
VTserver v2.x. If you want to try that, check out the system
requirements for VTserver and remind me next week and I'll send you the
fixed standalone utility. I've used it on ST225, ST251, RD53 and RD54
disks.
Doc
** according to J. Engdahl's excellent instructions