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In article <3fddnt$mti@tipellium.apana.org.au>,
miff@apanix.apana.org.au (Michael Smith) wrote:
>rwalford@mogul.apana.org.au (Richard Walford) writes:
>
>>I am trying to add a third IDE hard drive to my 486 system
>>running Warp GA.  I am currently using a Maxtor 7213AT and a 
>>WDC AC2250F with my primary IDE controller.  I have added a
>>secondary (no-name) VL-bus IDE controller to the system (changed
>>the jumpers to set it up as a secondary controller).  Connected
>>to the secondary controller is a WDC AC280 Caviar drive.
>
>Firstly, three IDE disks is a _BAD_ idea.  Ditch them and go SCSI if
[irrelevant snipped]

>>When booting Warp the machine pauses for a moment with the logo
>>screen displayed.  At this stage you can see activity on the 3rd
>>Hard Drive and then the bootup sequence continues.  I am using
>>the IBM1S506.ADD driver, it displays the information for my
>>drives on the primary controller, and states that a secondary
>>controller has been detected and is OK, but doesn't give any
>>information about the hard drive conmected to this secondary 
>>controller ?
>
>Hmm. More performance issues : put two disks on the VLB controller (it's
[irrelevant snipped]

>>how I can test this setup under plain old MS-DOS; what drivers
>>to I need where can they be found ?  Any help would be greatly
>>appreciated.
>
>The problem you have with DOS is actually to do with the BIOS.  The 
>board should have come with a driver that will support the extra
>disks.
>
>>  Richard Walford
>
># mike smith : miff@apanix.apana.org.au - Silicon grease monkey        #

He's already spent money. All he needs to know is how to get the driver
working and you (miff) give him 2 pages of irrelevant crap! Sure I
agree that SCSI would be nicer but thats not the point.

Richard, do 'help basedev' and select 'Storage Adapter Support', 'IDE,
MFM/RLL, and ESDI Fixed Disks'. It tells you about parameters you can add
to your 'BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD' driver. Add /V and /A:1, then the most
likely ones you will need are /P:hhh for port and /IRQ:n for irq.

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