Use the setup disk that comes with Maxtor drives. This will determine if you need the overlay driver or not. Either way, you may have to partition it some in order to use the entire thing.
Keith Thompson Ted Mozer wrote: > > I have a '486 in a tower with Windows98SE installed on a 1.6 gig drive. I > just ordered a Maxtor 4W060H4 60 gig drive that I would like to install in > the tower as a second drive. I want to use the system as a simple file > server on my home network (mainly for my music files). > > The bios (Award 4.5G 2C4UKA21) supports LBA and Large mode for user > configured drives. It also features IDE auto-drive detect. Question is, > will it allow Windows 98 to see the 60 gigs, or will I just be wasting my > time trying? I was told on another list I subscribe to to "not let the BIOS > know it is there and let Windows 98 detect and handle it". I'm not sure > exactly what that means?? And if I did what I think it might mean, how > would I F-Disk the drive if the BIOS was not aware of it as a second > physical drive? Would I have to F-disk and DOS partition in another > computer and then install it? > > I'd like to have all my ducks in order before the drive arrives (and avoid > beating my head against the case). If it will be almost or essentially > impossible to see 60 with the '486, I guess I would be better off looking > for a cheap Pentium???? -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson I Didn't Climb to the Top of the Food Chain to Be a Vegetarian ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
