Larry,
The easiest way for you to proceed is to set the new drive as the
master, the old drive as the slave. You should have gotten partitioning
software with the new drive (Disk Manager or the like). If not it should
be available at Seagate's web site. Use this to set up the drive then
copy everything on old drive to the new drive. Check to see whether the
partitioning software places a command in the config sys (it will be
necessary to access the drive) before copying over it. You should be
able to get a second controller for the CD if you have an open slot.
Another alternative would be to buy an enhanced controller to run the
drives. They come with firmware to handle the larger drives.
Good Luck,
Ron
58MGA
Computer Technician www.metro.net/engel
Larry Macy wrote:
>
> Yea I know it's a DOS question but I have to impress the boss with my
> prowess.
>
> Scenario:
> Off brand Intel DX2, 400 MB C: drive, CD ROM, 8 MB RAM. I need to install
> a 1.7 Seagate ST31720A. 1.7 MB, best I can do is a 504MB D: drive and I
> loose the CD. I suspect the BIOS cannot handle this. American Megatrends
> 1992 - 1993. Used fdisk from dos 6.20 and 6.22 and the BIOS driver.
> Started out wih 20MB and now have 504. This is a 1.7 GB drive. It is
> installed as a D: (slave) drive. Startup is a Western Digital 400 MB w/
> dos 6.20. Win 3.1 with Norton desktop (which I forgot how to kill, tired
> the win.ini and the system.ini??)
> Lets see, what else, 8MB RAM, Soundblaster card, MS Mouse driver. Tried
> all the built in formatting options.
>
> Help??
>
> On A Mac - just set the SCSI ID and go.
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
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