BIOS does recognize 80GB drive-RH9

[Howard Gibson]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:56:41 -0400
"Teddy Mills" <teddymills-VFlxZYho3OA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I have a PII computer, and does not recognize an 80GB drive from the BIOS.
> It is running RH9. I booted into RH9, and I suspect since I do not have
> proper BIOS support,
> that RH9 also cannot access the drive properly.
> 
> Any ideas on getting this to work in RH9?
> Maybe adding a PCI IDE controller card?

Teddy,

   Get a Promise card.  This is how I got my PII/350 to recognize by 40GB hard drive.

   Do not toss your old drive.  It is a good backup device.

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