Subj : Re: MS-DOS HDDs and partitions
To   : Abbub
From : paulie420
Date : Sat Apr 15 2023 23:20:19

 Ab> A better solution that I would propose is getting a 16-bit ISA network
 Ab> card for your 486 that has a socket for a boot PROM. Then you can use
 Ab> the XTIDE Universal BIOS and your 486 will be able to see and use larger
 Ab> drives without having to bring any software into the picture. (There are
 Ab> also some multi-IO and IDE cards that have boot rom sockets, but in my
 Ab> experience these are rarer and harder to find than a NIC card.) I've
 Ab> done this for both my 386 and my 486 and it works very well and is
 Ab> hassle-free.

I've heard of XT-IDE and yea.. I think I need to sniff around that a bit m0re... 

They're hard to get, you say? I thought that was an easy solution in 2o23... Jesus!



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