[ILUG] installing windows...

[John McCormac]

kevin lyda wrote:
> 
> the quick question is, how can i get a compaq deskpro (pentium 75 or
> so) to recognise a disk (8374c, 16h, 63s)?  i can see it in linux, but
> not in windows.  also, anyone know where to mount a second disk in a
> deskpro case?

Sounds like the BIOS does not have that HD size as one of its choices.
You normally would have to use the 'User' specified HD option and enter
the specs but even sometimes that does not work. There was a dos program
"anydrive" that used to allow the MBR on such a HD to be written so that
it made the HD look like one of the options in the BIOS. The prog was
shareware or freeware and should be floating about still on some sites. 

I may have the prog on some antique HDs here if I can find any under all
the rubbish in the office here.

Regards...jmcc
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