I would go to the Seagate WEB site and get the drive info there. With the
numbers on the drive you should be able to make an identification of the model
and retrieve the drive parameters from the Seagate site.
On 02-Jan-99 Peter wrote:
> I have an old 386 desktop that someone gave me. Apparently, the original
> owner had someone "upgrade" the computer. From what I can tell they
> replaced the hard drive, and the bios does not support the drive
> parameters. I pulled the drive and installed it in my regular box that
> has a bios "Autodetect" feature.
>
> The drive does not list anything on it, other than it is a Seagate,
> and some manufacturers numbers. The problem is the bios only has 48
> standard parameters, and two to set for custom. When I type in the
> parameters, it automatically configures the size of the drive, which is
> incorrect.
>
> If i boot Linux from a floppy, is there a way i can a) bypass the
> bios, or b) access the drive to make it bootable? I was figuring on bare
> .i vmlinuz , and fdisk , on floppies.
>
> I have to replace a fuse on the M/B but wanted to get some input as
> to whether my scheme will work, or if I have a new doorstop.
>
>
> thanks
>
> Peter
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