[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Hard Disk Setup Problem - I Need Help

ra@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM (09/26/90)

I am trying to install a miniscrib hard disk on a 286 board.  The setup software
that that I am using has different preset parameters but none of these parameters
matches the hard drive I have.  Is there a way to manually enter these parameters
(maybe using debug) or do I need a more advanced setup software?
The harddisk I have is a Miniscribe Cyl 771, HD 4, Pre 128, PZ 810, Sec 26
Size 39.  It was orginally in a Packard Bell computer.

Thanks in advance...

Ruth

dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) (09/26/90)

in article <304@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM>, ra@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM says:

> The harddisk I have is a Miniscribe Cyl 771, HD 4, Pre 128, PZ 810, Sec 26
> Size 39.  It was orginally in a Packard Bell computer.

The Miniscribe 20MB had a jumper that would configure the 4hd / 26 sector 
as if it were 6 * 17, wasting a little, but making it compatible with
BIOS type 2, ( I think ).  I've got documents buried somewhere.
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