compaq deskpro for linux - HD problem

[Mike Waychison]

James wrote:
> hello, list
> 
> this maybe little OT, but i am desperate.
> 
> I am hitting a dead end on this problem. The HD in my deskpro 4000 (Pentium 200) died couple days
> ago. I am trying to replace it with a 8.4G HD. however, this machine seems to use some hidden
> partition to store BIOS information and the new HD won't get recognized. 
> 
> so i download the setup/diagnostics utility from compaq site.
> 
> following is what i did.
> 
> I fdisk the new HD so there is no partition at all. then i load the diagnostics disk and choose to
> create diagnostics partition. This process seems run fine( however i choose to 'delete diagnostics
> partition' after the create operation and got error saying 'operation failed on diagnostics
> partition'. then i starts the computer with setup disk to 'install computer setup', and i got 'A
> diagnostic partition does not exist. use the pc diagnostics diskette to create a partition'.
> 
> seems the diagnostics partition never created. what is going on ?

Why do you 'delete diagnotics partition'?  Some machines insist on diag 
partitions for their OS installs to complete..

Mike Waychison
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