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From: holtt@nyssa.CS.ORST.EDU (Tim Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: AT thinks it has a drive D (and it doesn't!)
Summary: Help me!
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Date: 21 Sep 90 17:18:40 GMT
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I've got a no-name AT clone with 1 40 meg drive partitioned to
drives C and D.  It's got an AMI bios with a version 3+ (?).

Recently it came up with a checksum error in the setup proms, so
I reran the SETUP program, and the darn thing is convinced that
it has 2 physical drives.  There isn't an option in SETUP to 
specify the # of drives, it just asks what type of drive D is!

The problems begin (and end, I guess) when I boot up.  It tries to
spin up D, and can't find it, so I have to sit for a minute or two
and wait for it to time out, then press F1 to continue.

How do I make the darn thing forget D!  I tried taking the batteries
out that keep the setup info current, then left it powered down for
a while, but that didn't seem to do it.  Any suggestions?

Also, I'd love to get more info on how the SETUP works.  As with
some noname clones at bargain basement prices, I have no manual
to tell me how setup works, how to set up shadow ram/rom for video
and bios stuff, etc.  Any suggestions for good books or magazine
articles?

Tim Holt
Oregon State University
Oceanography/(Geophysics)/Seismology
holtt@nyssa.cs.orst.edu
       - or - 
holtt@jacobs.cs.orst.edu