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From: hrbaan@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Hayo Baan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AMI BIOS & Hard Drives
Keywords: AMI     hard drive       BIOS
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Date: 13 Nov 90 09:06:24 GMT
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In <#^&^AY^@rpi.edu> 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.
->       Thanks in advance.
->
The solution is (it is for my 4-1990 dated version of the AMI BIOS) : use the
user definable harddisk no 41 (or such, I am not sure; it is listed somewhere)
to set yer harddisk parameters.

Hope this helps you out,


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