Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Old DOS boot disk for W95?

Jon,

In the BIOS, the only way to change the HD settings by hand is to make the
disk a 'type 47', all the others are preset. What you need to do is to go
into the setup and choose the first options screen - standard bios settings.
Use the arrow keys to choose the appropriate drive and hit enter. This
should then allow you to change the drive type using the 'page up/page down'
keys and, if you change it so what now says 'auto' says 'type 47', you will
be able to enter your own settings as recommended by the website.
If you get the settings wrong, the computer just won't see the drive but you
can go back to 'auto' and reboot and you will be back where you are now.
Most BIOSs also have an 'autodetect hard drives' option - somewhere on the
right half of the setup screen. HTH,

Ian
--
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK
www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Anderson" <janders@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Sent: 04 December 2000 00:38
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Old DOS boot disk for W95?


> JanRwl@... wrote:
>
> > You gotta enter the EXACT "type number", and if that is not "in
> > there" (in the BIOS ROM data),then you have to enter the EXACT
> > "number of cylinders", "number of heads", etc.,
>
> The Bios would show the correct number of head/cylinders, etc, but would
> not allow me to in any way mess with those settings, nor could I in any
> way access the HD even booting from a DOS 6.22 floppy.
> However, the Bios won't allow me to mess with the settings of the
> original HD either, and it works. In both cases, HD settings were greyed
> out, even with the HD info shown. It appears to be set in an autodetect
> mode and I didn't see any setting to override that.
>
> It's moot now, that system will be used for other things, gonna find a
> 486/66 for Ahha.
>
> Jon
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