23 Nov
2006
23 Nov
'06
9:19 a.m.
On 23 Nov 2006 at 8:52, Chris M wrote:
Got this barebones 486 mobo. I'm trying to setup a
20
gig Fujitsu MPG3204AH drive. Types 1-46...then there's
47. I'm looking for the parameters as I type this. Has
anyone accomplished this?
(Note that I'm talking about Windows/DOS here. Other OS-es handle
hard disks differently)
You're going to need DDO software installed on the drive, such as
EZDrive or DiskManager installed. Your 486 BIOS can't deal with
anything larger than about 8.4GB, if that. I think both WD and
Maxtor still have DDO software on their installation CDs, but I'm not
certain that it will work with a Fujitsu drive (they used to check
the manufacturer's ID coming back from the IDENTIFY command).
If you don't care about having access to the entire 20GB, then just
plug some big numbers into the BIOS setup for type 47; 63
sectors/track, 16 heads and 16383 cylinders. Almost all big IDE
drives understand that much.
You may have to get that floppy installed, particularly if your Mobo
BIOS is old enough that it doesn't understand booting from CD..
Cheers,
Chuck