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From: daneman@czech.sw.mcc.com (Michael Daneman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Segate 1144A and Phoenix BIOS
Message-ID: <4860@czech.sw.mcc.com>
Date: 27 Feb 91 15:46:49 GMT
Organization: MCC Software Technology Program
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I just bought Segate 1144A 125Mb IDE drive.  However the person from
whom I bought the IDE controller told me that I will not be able to
get the full 125Mb out the drive if I have Phoenix BIOS (which I do)
because apparently Phoenix does not support this drive and most I
could get out it is 110Mb.  Is this true?  I thought that IDE drives
were more or less self contained and didn't rely on BIOS to tell them
how many tracks they're supposed to have.

I have not installed the drive yet so I don't know if what I was told
is true or not.  I guess my question is should I run to the store and
swap my BIOS for AMI or can I get by with Phoenix?

Thanks
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