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re: Unable to load PATA adapter drvrs at Setup
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 7:01 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(580 messages posted)
Many Win98 systems come with motherboards that are not capable of exceeding ATA-66
speed. I presume you are trying to overcome the m/board's speed limitation, by using
a plugin ATA-133 controller to bypass the ATA-66 controller on the m/board.
In order to install Win98SE into this type of setup you need to make some compromises.
Attach the HDD in question to the primary IDE cable, and remove all other devices
from the IDE cables. Keep a written note of the original IDE configuration. Be sure
to observe all proper anti-static precautions throughout.
If the HDD is unformatted, use FDISK.EXE to partition it on the IDE cable, then format
it as FAT32.
You can then install Win98SE, from a full installation CD (the upgrade version of
the installation CD won't work on a blank HDD). Go into the BIOS and set the PC to
boot first from the CD-drive, second from the floppy drive; then put the CD in the
CD-drive and reboot the system. The full install version of the CD is bootable.
Install Win98SE onto drive C: on the HDD as normal. Then test it by rebooting. If
that works okay, remove the HDD and restore the previous devices to the IDE cables,
re-attaching the HDD to the PCI card instead. The system can now be reconfigured,
in the BIOS, to boot from the HDD in question.
Ed
On Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 2:42 pm, mojoe wrote:
I am trying to reinstall W98SE(OEM) on a ide Maxtor 80GB HDD which is attached to
a Silicon Image pci disk controller card (ATA133). Is there a setup command line
switch which will force the installation procedure to pause and allow for inserting
the drivers for the hdd controller card via a floppy disk? I have attempted the installation
2 times and it never pauses and prompts to press "F6" to load scsi/ide drivers. Is
this something peculiar to OEM install disks or is there a special procedure that
I'm not aware of?
I am using a emergency boot disk and I select "start with CD-rom support" then I
switch to the cd drv to start the installation. I have cleared out the cmos BIOS
settings to clear the previous config. Previously, this same pc had a Promise ata-66
controller with a Quantum hdd and I never had this problem with that installation.
If anyone has used the same hdd adapter and hard drive and was able to figure out
a workaround I'd appreciate any advice.
tia
MJ
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