Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!dorm.rutgers.edu!medici From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: AMI BIOS & Hard Drives Keywords: AMI hard drive BIOS Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 90 20:04:01 GMT References: <#^&^AY^@rpi.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 19 coxs@pawl.rpi.edu (Sean Cox) writes: | Does anyone know if it's possible to "program" the AMI BIOS to | accept a hard drive other than the 40-odd disks they have preset? I | have a Seagate drive that isn't listed in the docs I have, and no | comparable drive (sectors & heads) is listed. BTW, the BIOS I have is | for a newly purchased '386. The AMI Bios I got with my 386 motherboard (purchased 6 months ago) has a drive type 47 for user defined drives. After selecting type 47 you are prompted for heads, cylinders, rwc, lz, etc. If this isn't present on your system, you may want to investigate a BIOS upgrade. ALternatively, you can use Disk Manager from OnTrack Systems. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Medici/SysProg3 * Rutgers University/CCIS * medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------