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From: Craig Hill
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 11:56

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I've just bought a new IDE hard drive but I am having a few troubles getting
my system to recognise it.  From what I can tell, I should just plug it in,
tell bios what it is and then format it - bingo, one new HDD.  The problem is
I don't know how to tell BIOS what it is.  It is a type 47 drive which means
I set the parameters myself but this is the problem, I can't work out how to
change these options.  I can change it to type 47 but I cannot set the no. of
tracks etc.  At boot up the BIOS says : 
    386sx/82335 Modular BIOS Version 3.04(P24) #408D9.5 
If you know anything about this Award BIOS and how to change this or even how
to contact Award Software Inc. I would be eternally grateful.

ps. If you know how to set a different Award BIOS it may be the same so any 
information is gratefully accepted.
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| Stop it, or you will go blind   |   Craig Hill                       |
|     ( Reading that is! )        |         hill@latcs1.lat.oz.au      |
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