Re: Compaq BIOS

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From: Alan P Jones
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <815429420.8271@harewood.demon.co.uk> harewood@demon.co.uk  writes:
 
> I want to upgrade the existing 40Mb hard disk on a Compaq 386s/20 to something 
> a little more accomodating.  This appears to be fairly straight forward but I
>  do not 
> know how to access the BIOS to change the disk parameters.
> Other machines use a combination of keys at start up (Ctrl+Alt+Esc) or just one > (Delete) but I cannot seem to get to this on the Compaq.  Does anyone know how 
> to do this?

Setup disk only.
 
> I also want to know if the BIOS (dated 06/14/88) supports user defineable disk 
> parameters.

No user definable disks.

> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated on this.

I will put a copy of the setup disk in the post if you wish.
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