arrow_runner
Veteran Member
A lot of the labeling on the hard drive is faded but one sticker is still perfect that says Manufactured by IBM Corp Type 0665.
I have the ST11R in my tweener which still needs the Win9X/DOS and Linux OSes re-installed. On boot-up the card says
I looked up some documentation and it sounds like it wants to do a low level format of the drive. I really don't want to do that because if this is my old 5170 then I'd love to get some files off first.
I also saw where DOS needs a driver for the ST11R. Right now I've tried letting the system boot from the IBM drive but it just tries a couple times and fails. I've booted from a DOS 6.2 floppy and the only thing I get from there is running FDISK says error reading fixed disk and exits immediately.
So my 2 questions here are:
Thanks!
I have the ST11R in my tweener which still needs the Win9X/DOS and Linux OSes re-installed. On boot-up the card says
Drive 1 is not initialized. Run DEBUG install routine...
I looked up some documentation and it sounds like it wants to do a low level format of the drive. I really don't want to do that because if this is my old 5170 then I'd love to get some files off first.
I also saw where DOS needs a driver for the ST11R. Right now I've tried letting the system boot from the IBM drive but it just tries a couple times and fails. I've booted from a DOS 6.2 floppy and the only thing I get from there is running FDISK says error reading fixed disk and exits immediately.
So my 2 questions here are:
- Is the 'Debug install routine' just a low level format utility?
- Does DOS 6.2 need a driver to see the drive? DMDRVR.BIN and SSTOR.SYS were the two drivers I saw.
Thanks!