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From: holly@python.cis.ohio-state.edu (Joe Hollingsworth)
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Subject: ********* Help!  Can't get 286 to boot off of hard drive *******
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Date: 4 Feb 91 14:29:32 GMT
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HELP!

I can't get my new clone to boot off of my hard drive.

I just bought a Hyundai 286N (w/ 1Meg, one 3.5" drive, and one 5.25" drive),
but no hard drive. I didn't buy a hard drive because I already had a
HardCard Plus 20 MByte hard drive available.  So now I'm trying to get
the HardCard working on the 286.

I've installed the HardCard, I've formatted it with a DOS partition containing
the DOS boot software, I know it's there because I've used Norton to look
at it.  My problem is, I can't get the 286 to boot off of the HardCard.
(I'm currently booting off a floppy, after I do that, I then change to
the C: drive, the HardCard.)

The 286 has Award BIOS.  During POST, I can run a program that lets me
configure the hardware.  I've used this configuration software to tell
the 286 that there's a hard drive.  The configuration software provides
a large number of default choices for describing the kind of hard drive.
I think I'm choosing the correct choice, the one that matches the HardCard.
But after doing the configuration, I get the following error message at
boot time:
"Error initializing disk controller."
After the message, it just sits there....nothing happens.

- Any ideas out there in netland?
- Am I choosing the wrong hard drive description?
- This HardCard came off a PCXT type machine, is there some
  kind of incompatability problem?
- Are there jumpers that need to be changed?
- Are there dip switches that need to be changed?

any and all help will be greatly appreciated

thanks,
Joe
holly@cis.ohio-state.edu