Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!linus!progress!matth From: matth@progress.COM (Matthew J. Harper) Subject: Re: Adding Hard Drive to Compaq Deskpro 8086 Message-ID: <1991May23.151250.5065@progress.com> Sender: usenet@progress.com (Mr. Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: ericf Organization: Progress Software Corp. References: <11478@hub.ucsb.edu> <1991May22.145431.13178@meadow.uucp> Distribution: comp Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 15:12:50 GMT Lines: 38 py@meadow.uucp (Peter Yeung) writes: >In article <11478@hub.ucsb.edu> 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) writes: >>Here's dumb beginner question number 102748... >> >>I have an old (ancient?) Compaq Deskpro 8086 computer with a >>Seagate ST-225 20 Meg hard drive in it. I'm thinking of putting >>a Seagate ST-251-1 drive in but it suddenly dawned on me that >>I'm not sure how! I've replaced plenty of drives in AT and 386 >>machines with BIOS's accessible via SETUP. How does one inform >>the Compaq 8086 of a drive's configuration? I have never had to >>deal with the Compaq's innards other than a board put in shortly >>after I got the system in 1986 or so. Thanks for tips on how to >>proceed... or if I should (or can) proceed. >> About four years ago I installed an st251-1 in my Compaq Deskpro 8086. The disk came with Ontrak's Disk Manager software. Being a an adventurous novice, I did it all myself. Since Ontrak was what I had, that is what I used. It worked just fine , including the extra dmdrvr.bin that gets loaded in the config.sys since the disk had to be partitioned. (Dos 3.2). I don't know what version of DOS you are running with, so I cannot say for sure, but you will most likely need some wort of driver in the config.sys if your DOS version doesn't allow partitions > 32 Meg. The BIOS in my machine sees a "C" drive when I boot without the driver. That's it. Good luck, feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions. My mailer has some problems sometimes though, so if you don't get a reply in a couple of days, look here and I'll post it for you. Matth -- Matthew J. Harper UUCP: mit-eddie!progress!matth Progress Software Corp. Internet: matth@progress.com 5 Oak Park Disclaimer: My words & ideas, That's all. Bedford, MA 01730