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On 21 Aug 99, at 22:50, Chuck Hassenplug wrote:
> I am messing around with an old 486 SX 25mhz computer upon which I would
> like to use Win98. I have a 850mb Seagate hdd with Win98 installed (FAT32)
> on it that was previously in a much newer computer (AMD K6-2 300, FIC
> PA2013). However, when I put this hdd into the 486, at the boot up screen
> I get an error saying that there is a c: drive failure. I suspect that
> this old computer can read the Win98 information. Am I right? How can I
> get this hdd to work with the 486? Thank you,
Does the 486SX's BIOS support LBA? Have you autodetected the drive and
selected that option? [You need LBA support in the BIOS to use drives
between 504MB and 2GB without a software overlay.]
David G
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