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Promise Technologies makes several cards that should do
exactly what you need to do.  Try their refurb/specials/discount center
section to see if one of the discounted ones will do the trick.

http://www.promise.com/

See specs at the end.  It does mention UNIX compatible.

Promise Technology eidemax
16bit isa eide contr w/bios .
$ 22
CMPExpress.com
800-827-0834
610-690-6900
Online Ordering Available  PA  640102-C

Promise Technology eidemax
eide 16bit noflop w/cable
w/cd-blitz s/w
eidemax eide 16bit noflop w/cable w/cd-blitz s/w
$ 24 3.25 10/14/98 10:57:28 AM CST McGlen Micro, Inc.
800-899-8849
714-851-8078
Online Ordering Available  CA  EIDEMAX

Promise Technology eidemax ii
16bit isa ide 4ch contr port expander .
$ 39 8.5 10/16/98 9:31:55 AM CST CMPExpress.com
800-827-0834
610-690-6900
Online Ordering Available  PA  640144-C


EIDEMAX
Universal EIDE BIOS Upgrade Kit
for PCI, VESA, & Systems


"My advice: get Promise Technology�s new driverless EIDEMAX if you can�t
upgrade your system BIOS to EIDE." -- Hardware Q&A Section, PC WORLD, May �
96

Instantly upgrade any PC system � PCI, VESA or ISA � to EIDE compatibility.
No more clumsy software solutions to high capacity drives. EIDEMAX converts
your existing IDE controller with 80% improved 16-bit ISA bus data transfers
and automatic LBA BIOS upgrade. Conquers any BIOS limitations on 2.1GB+ EIDE
drives caused by some motherboards*. Supports ATAPI CD-ROMs. Co-exists with
SCSI controller. Even allows booting from a SCSI drive - very rare. WOW!

Instant LBA BIOS upgrade supports EIDE drives up to 8.4GB in any system with
a 16-bit ISA slot
Detects Triton 1&2 chipsets and reprograms motherboard BIOS to overcome
2.1GB storage limitation if necessary*
Supports ATAPI-ready IDE CD-ROMs and/or tape backups (manufacturer�s
hardware device drivers required)
Converts your older, existing IDE controller to support two EIDE drives;
adds second channel for two more EIDE devices
Co-exists with SCSI controllers and even allows booting from a SCSI drive --
a very hard-to-find feature anywhere
Boosts ISA IDE bus transfers by up to 80%
Supports DOS 5.0 and above, Windows 3.1x, Windows for Workgroups 3.11,
Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, Windows 95, OS/2 2.1, Warp, SCO UNIX 3.2.4, UNIX SVR
4.0.2, Netware 3.1x, 4.1
* EIDEMAX BIOS version 1.17 or later. Customers using older EIDEMAX
controllers can order a replacement BIOS that includes the Triton
reprogramming feature for $10 including standard U.S. postage. Order
directly from Promise at 800-888-0245 (408-452-0948) ext.260




-----Original Message-----
From: Helmut Heller <heller@lrz.de>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion,abg.ms-dos,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
,comp.os.msdos.misc,microsoft.public.mshardware.product
Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: BIOS upgrade to LBA mode or workaround?


>Dear Huy,
>
>You wrote:
>> I believe that you can't update your bios since these
>> type of 486 system doesn't use flash bios. Therefore you can't update
>> it. The only thing that you can update your bios is "Remove the Bios
>> Chip on your board and repropram it by a type of Bios program machine"
>
>You are right: no flash here, my BIOS is in an EPROM, but I *DO HAVE* the
>ability to burn new EPROMs, so this is no problem for me. I just need the
new
>bios as a file.
>
>And, yes, I do now have ontrack to access the disk, but this only works
with
>win/dos not with my UNIX, so i am still looking for a BIOS update.
>
>Perhaps some kind soul out there could email me a copy of such a bios?
>
>Bye,
>Helmut
>
>
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>Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ)
>
Ovidiu Popa wrote in message ...
>Hi, Helmut.
>
>>I am using NeXTSTEP (NS) and you are right and wrong:
>>it uses BIOS for things like NS-fdisk to partition the disk, and it is
said
>>that once the disk is formatted and all it can do without BIOS
translation.
>>However, I experimented for more than a week with different strategies and
>>could not get it to work. The only thing that consistently works is using
>>BIOS-LBA mode to partition the disk and to also use the disk, under WIN95
>as
>>well as under NeXTSTEP (UNIX).
>
>My experience in NeXTSTEP is nil - don't even know if it really qualifies
as
>UNIX :-)
>
>>Well, burning a new EPROM doesn't cost me (close to) anything, and would
>sure
>>be worth saving all the hassle of trying to make it work somehow with the
>old
>>non-LBA bios.
>
>Well, I meant: writing the new _code_ is expensive, not burning the EEPROM
>:-)
>
>Ovidiu Popa
>MS-MVP (DTS)
>
>
>