Hi Joseph,

The only way to get the BIOS to recognize a larger drive is if there were an
update for it.  Given the age of the laptop there is very little chance of
this.  As much as I hate to say this, the best bet would be to purchase a
drive that you can put an overlay on, and this will "trick" the BIOS (and
the operating system) into seeing the whole drive.  This will affect the
performance a little bit, but given the age of the system and the fact that
you are using DOS, you shouldn't notice it too much.

The other option, of course, is to try and find a smaller drive on Ebay or
at some of the Internet classifieds sites.

Good luck!

Kyle Elmblade
Distinct Computer Solutions
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From: "Joseph Rene C Hallare" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:16 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] IBM PS/2 Model 40 Sx Laptop


> Mabuhay!
>
> I would like to know if any body on the list has any idea how large a hard
disk I can use to replace the previous hard disk  of a IBM PS/2 Model 40 Sx
Laptop which was 60 MB. Scrounging around the smallest one we can get right
now is 800Mb. Sourcing a part overseas (I'm in the Philippines) is out of
the question. I know it is a dinosaur being a 386Sx processor with 4MB of
RAM. This laptop is for use in DOS. Is it possible to get the BIOS to
recognize the bigger hard disk? Apparently it seems to shift to BASIC (I
think) when no operating system is present.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Joseph Hallare

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