Subject: Re: 1.2 i386 bootstrap 'read error' problem (Help).
To: Phil Knaack <flipk@idea.exnet.iastate.edu>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/19/1996 15:32:50
>I installed a Seagate drive a few days ago (1.6G mode 4 EIDE) which required
>the use of a program HP called the "OnTrack" disk manager.

OnTrack is used by many different hard drive manufacturers.

It's only required if your BIOS doesn't support LBA addressing.

>Luckily for me and my graying hair, I was only installing Win95, which didn't
>seem to have a problem with the Mutant Drive.

It's your BIOS that Does The Right Thing.  Win95 just uses what the
BIOS tells it.

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