Booting with a diskette after EZ-Drive is installed
To boot your computer with a diskette:
1. Boot the computer with the diskette-drive door open.
2. Press the
CTRL
key when the following message appears near
the end of the boot sequence:
Hold the CTRL key down to boot from a floppy
3. Insert the boot diskette. The computer boots to the diskette
drive.
Standard setup
1. Turn the computer on.
2. Enter System Setup. (Refer to your computer’s user’s guide.
System Setup may be called Setup, BIOS Setup or CMOS
Setup.)
3. Find the hard disc configuration in the System Setup screen.
4. Select a drive type that matches the drive translation geometry
for your drive as shown in the table.
Model
CHKDSK
Mbytes
2
Translation geometry
CMOS
(Setup)
Mbytes
3
Cyl
Heads
Sectors
per track
ST31270A
1,282.8
2,485
16
63
1221
Note. CHKDSK and CMOS capacities are approximations.
The capacities your computer reports may vary slightly.
If none of the standard drive types offered in System Setup
match the translation geometry of your Seagate drive, select
the
user-defined or custom drive type, if available, and enter
your drive’s translation geometry.
2. One Mbyte equals 1,000,000 bytes.
3. One Mbyte equals 1,048,576 bytes.
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Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995
