Re: Large IDE drive, old BIOS question

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From: P.Rattray
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 00:00

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In article <4pl06g$dn5@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, simc@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU says...
>
>I just picked up an 850MB IDE hard drive.
>I'm planning on splitting it up into 2 equal partitions,
>one for Linux, one for Dos/Windows. 
>Do I need to load any special program to overcome
>the BIOS limitation of 528 meg ? My BIOS is dated 1992.
>
>thanks,
>
>-- Simon (simc@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au)
>

If your machine uses an EIDE controller, you shouldn't have any problems.

If your machine uses an IDE controller, and the BIOS doesn't recognise your 
disk's geometry (cylinders/sectors/head) you will need will need to use a 
piece of software that fools the BIOS into thinking it sees more than it 
does. Try having a look in SimTel for a suitable piece of software.

Paul (P.Rattray@Cranfield.ac.uk)

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Date: 1996/06/12
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