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Re: Adding SCSI to IDE and Win 95 please help me!!!!

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From: Mr.Potatohead
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:12
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On Sat, 13 Apr 1996 05:06:31 GMT, jpearson@polarcom.com (Jeremy
Pearson) wrote:

>Please help me.
>
>I'm trying to add a SCSI HDD to my current system:
>
>486 dx2 66  --- Win 95 o/s
>540 meg Maxtor IDE HDD (C: drive, and staying that way)
>
>I have a Rancho Technologies  RT1000B SCSI host adaptor and a Fujitsu
>1 gig SCSI HDD that I want to add.
>
>Win 95 does not see either of the SCSI's (adaptor and HDD)
>
>The SCSI adaptor is seen by the system BIOS at boot up and the drive
>is also recognized (SCSI ID 00).
>
>Add new hardware does not find anything to add.
>
>I've formatted the SCSI HDD using the disk provided with the SCSI
>adaptor card (from DOS) but can not get any further than creating
>partitions. I have not been able to assign a drive letter.
>
>I do not want the SCSI HDD to be the boot drive.
>
>Any ideas would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Jeremy Pearson
>jpearson@polarcom.com
>Whitehorse Yukon Canada

Did you try the FDISK utility from a DOS window or booting into DOS
mode ?  Also you might want to use the Win95 32 bit drivers ( If
available). That makes it easy to assign a Drive letter.
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