Re: OS/2 and Hard Drives

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From: Peter Fitzsimmons
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1990 03:17

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 >   OS/2 does not use ROM to access the hard drives.  But it does play by 
 > the same table that is in IBM ROM.

I think you're wrong on this point, at least for non-ps/2 computers.
If Gerry Rozema is listening in,  maybe he'll tell us the real
scoop.

If os/2 didn't use the BIOS, than how can you explain my 150mb drive
working when it is defined as type 1 in my CMOS (type 1 == 10mb I
think)?  My WD1007's BIOS knows the real size of my disk.

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