23 Nov
2006
23 Nov
'06
10:10 a.m.
--- "Michael B. Brutman"
<mbbrutman-cctalk at brutman.com> wrote:
The maximum allowable values for each field of type
47 will tell you how
much of the 20GB drive the BIOS of the machine can
support. If the
number turns out to be small (like only 540MB) and
you need more
capacity, disable the onboard controller and get a
replacement
controller that has a replacement BIOS. Promise
made quite a few of
these, to name one manufacturer.
Funny, this mobo has no onboard anything. Nada. Chips
say "UMC". I have this skinny little IDE/floppy
controller, with a Goldstar chip. This thing doesn't
even have headers for serial or parallel ports. I have
a Cyrix 486 DX2-66 and 16 megs of ram. There's an
empty socket besides the uP - what in blazes is that
for???
If you can't do that, go for the drive overlay
software.
The capacity isn't a problem. Like I said I have time
to play today, so I wanted to at the least create
floppies from images for my TIPPC. If the hard
drive/boot floppies that came with my Victor 9000's
(from a kind individual on this list :) work, I'm
gonna have fun with it too!
Your chances on booting from CD using the BIOS on a
486 are slim and
none. Even SCSI cards of the era with their own
BIOS don't do that. So
plan on getting a 3.5" floppy for it.
Yeah forgot about that part, as Chuck also pointed
out. Problem is I wanted to get this done today.
There's a couple of old hulks sitting out on lawns up
the road. Maybe I can scrounge some parts from them
lol. I think I'll wait until it's dark though...
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