Re: what can i do with a 486?

On Sunday 28 January 2007 21:35, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote:
> Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal wrote:
> > deeptech71@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Adrian Wontroba wrote:
> >>> The point has been made before in this thread, but you need to change
> >>> the way the NEW machine accesses the drive FROM LBA to CHS BEFORE you
> >>> install.
> >>>
> >>> Your new system supports LBA. The old one doesn't, and its view of the
> >>> disk is very different. You must ensure that the disk "looks right"
> >>> before installation.
> >>>
> >>> CHS addressing started to be a problem as soon as disks stopped actua=
lly
> >>> having a fixed number of sectors per track. IDE drives circumvented it
> >>> by lying to the BIOS about what they looked like. If you are really
> >>> unlucky, you will have to choose a compatible pair of lies.
> >>>
> >> So I've tried disabling LBA mode for that HDD, but the results are the
> >> same: "missing operating system"
> >=20
> > Did you also reinstall after that?
> >=20
>=20
> Of course.

Did you install boot0?  (The MBR boot block that will list the partitions?)=
 =20
If so, you need to use boot0cfg to turn off 'packet' mode to instruct boot0=
=20
to not use LBA.  I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread.  You can d=
o=20
this by booting the disk up in the newer machine after the install and=20
running boot0cfg, then moving the disk over to the 486 machine.

=2D-=20
John Baldwin
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