Installation guide

FORMATTING AND PARTITIONING THE
MINISCRIBE 3650, 3675, OR 3053
WITH THE WESTERN DIGITAL WDIOO2A-WXl CONTROLLER
1. Boot the machine from drive A:
2. Load DOS debug. com utility by typing: A>debug<Return>
3. At the debug prompt (-) type: -g=c800:5<Return.>
4.
The screen should display the following:
Super Bios Formatter Rev. 2.4 (C) Copyright Western Digital
Corp.
1987
Current Drive is C:, Select new Drive or RETURN for current.
5. Press return for drive C: <Return>
6. The screen should display the following:
Current interleave is 3. Select new interleave or RETURN for
current.
7. Press Return or type new interleave value. <Return.>
8. The screen should display the following:
Are
you dynamically configuring the drive - answer YIN
9. Type Y for Yes <Return>
10. Key in disk characteristics as follows: ccc h rrr ppp ee 0 where
ccc = total number of cylinders (1-4 digits)
h
= number of heads (1-2 digits)
rrr = starting reduced write cylinder (1-4 digits)
ppp = write precomp cylinder
ee = max correctable error burst length (1-2 digits)
range = 5 to 11 bits, default = 11 bits
o = CCB option byte, step rate select (1 hex digit)
range = 0 to 7, default = 5
refer to controller and drive specification for step rates
11. Enter: 809, 6, 810, 128, 11, 7 for models 3650/3675.
Enter: 1024, 5, 1025, 512, 11, 7 for model 3053.
12. Are you virtually configuring the drive - answer Y /N
13. Enter Y for yes.
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