Phil Saunders
Experienced Member
I have a ST351A/X (jumpered for XT) connected to a Acculogic S/IDE XT-IDE controller card. The card has a WD BIOS with LLF program in ROM, accessed with the usual G=C800:5.
Is it safe to use this to format the drive? It has previously been used with some weird partitioning and dual-booting software, and it's completely messed up.
There seems to be conflicting info - some people say don't LLF an IDE drive EVER, others say it's fine. There IS a sticker on this particular drive that says DO NOT LLF, but I have 3 other identical drives that don't. If it's not safe, why would the program be in the ROM?
Is there a definitive answer as to if this can be done safely?
Is it safe to use this to format the drive? It has previously been used with some weird partitioning and dual-booting software, and it's completely messed up.
There seems to be conflicting info - some people say don't LLF an IDE drive EVER, others say it's fine. There IS a sticker on this particular drive that says DO NOT LLF, but I have 3 other identical drives that don't. If it's not safe, why would the program be in the ROM?
Is there a definitive answer as to if this can be done safely?