re: Unable to load PATA adapter drvrs at Setup
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Richard Harris
(242 messages posted)
In addition to the previous response I would add the following:
1. Unlike XP, 98 has no provision for F6 to add drivers at setup. If the BIOS can
see the drive, then 98 should be able to see it and access it at some level. Once
you get 98 installed, you then should adjust the DMA setting of the hard drive to
the maximum it and the disk controller can support.
2. Since you are using an add-in card,
(2a) does the motherboard's BIOS see the PCI card? If not, then there is no hope
for the hard drive being detected. Work on why the BIOS does not see the add-in
card.
(2b) Assuming that the motherboard's BIOS does see the add-in card, then does the
add-in card's own BIOS say anything about pressing some key-combination to configure
the disk controller? Note that some add-in cards contain RAID controllers, which
may require configuring before they will access a disk. Most such cards will auto-configure,
if you attach only one hard drive, but sometimes you have to manually request a "raid
array" containing just one disk.
3a. If you boot from a DOS floppy containing FDISK, can FDISK see the new hard drive.
FDISK should see it, even if it is not partitioned and formatted. If it sees it,
then make one or more paritions with FORMAT as FAT32.
3b. Alternatively, all hard drive makers offer free CD images with tools to boot
a PC, parition, format, etc. They also offer bootable CD images with tools to test
hard drives, even if the drives are not partitioned and formated.
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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