@DarthAzrael 11 December 2022

Random Usenet post of the day: --- Subject: Re: Falcon Internal Hard Drive Question From: atarigalen@yahoo.com (Galen) Date: 28 Oct 2004 15:34:44 -0700 Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: http://groups.google.com References: <xLUfd.9651$5i5.3163@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.sys.atari.st:2766 Derek Mark Edding <dreq@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<xLUfd.9651$5i5.3163@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>... > Hi Folks, > > I have a leftover 20 GB hard disk from a laptop computer upgrade. It's > an IDE Fujitsu MHM2200AT. > > The pinout looks identical to the 2.5" IDE drive inside the Falcon, > although this drive is about half as thick. > > If it's possible to use this drive, is there any software available that > would be able to format and partition this drive for the Falcon? > > I have the ICD Pro utilities with HDFMT.PRG version 6.23. I suspect > that it is too outdated to work on a hard disk of this size. I see that > ICDFMT.DAT lists drive parameters, so I wonder if there are more updated > parameters available... Or if it would be worth trying to add them for > this drive? > Try the ICD tools. They might well work. Note that TOS 4.04 has a 1 GB partition limit, so you will not be able to use all 20 GB without supplementing your OS. Galen --- https://www.megalextoria.com/usenet_archive/comp.sys.atari.st/msg16551.html