Seagate 2160N manual System error message, Drive not Ready, appears

Medalist Pro 2160N, Rev. B 21

The system hangs in FDISK or fails to create or save the partition record.

•Check all cables.

•Your DOS diskette may be corrupted. Try using a backup DOS diskette.

•Make the partitions smaller.

•Change the interrupt jumper setting on the host adapter.

The system error message, “Drive not Ready,” appears.

•Check all cable connections. Make sure pin 1 of the drive is connected to pin 1 of the SCSI host adapter.

•Make sure the power supply is adequate for system needs.

•Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up.

The FDISK error message, “No Fixed Disk Present,” appears.

•Make sure the power supply is adequate for system needs.

•Verify the drive-type values in the system setup program.

•Check for I/O address conflicts.

•If you have partitioned the drive into individual logical drives, you may need to make the partitions smaller to access the full drive capacity.

The DOS message “Disk Boot Failure,” “Non-System Disk” or “No ROM Basic – SYSTEM HALTED” appears.

•Reinstall the DOS system files using the DOS SYS utility.

•Check all cables.

•Use FDISK to verify that the primary partition is active.

•Check for viruses.