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@Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 08:35:37 -0400
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scottwmlewis{at}bresnan.net wrote:
 
> I've got a crippled puter that I'm trying to free up disk space on.  After
> giving up on adding a new 80gig drive to the computer, I've decided my best bet
> would be to transfer a bunch of files off of it.  .....the MB is too old to
> handle the large HD....... shoulda known....

This is a commonly made erroneous conclusion. Just because a motherboard
BIOS can't accomodate a large HD doesn't mean the OS can't do it. The
old common real problem is the if the BIOS can't accomodate it, then you
can't boot from it. If you need that, then install it on an add-in PCI
ATA controller.
 
> I'm having to work from an on-line web based e-mail and I'm running out of mail
> space.  I'm hoping to get my e-mail computer back on-line in time to capture my
> mail before it hits my ISP storage limit.

1-Put the new drive in the PC along with the old, either as a slave to
the old, or as master (preferable) or slave (to some other device, like
a CD-ROM) on the secondary controller.

2-Go into the BIOS and set it to NOT INSTALLED or NONE for the big HD
only.

3-While in BIOS, make sure controller for the big HD is enabled.

4-Boot as normal into OS/2.

The OS/2 storage device driver, as long as not antique, will detect and
use the big disk.

More info at URL below.
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"...[B]e quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry...."
                                                James 1:19 NIV

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Felix Miata  ***  http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html


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