Hello,
I've bought another 486 computer. FDISK does only recognize 504 MB of hard drive space which an error I am normally aware of but this computer seems to have an interesting problem. Normally, 504 MB would be 1,024 cylinders if I am not wrong and the BIOS should only see 1,024 cylinders when doing an HDD scan. But this BIOS (Award Modular BIOS 2.50g) recognizes all 16,384 cylinders the HDD has (40 GB; the amount of cylinders is written on the HDD). That means, DOS should normally be able to use as much space as it supports (I think 8 GB).
Would you try to boot a small Linux distribution like Tomsrtbt and try to format it with Linux or try to make a BIOS update? Maybe that is normal and it is just me thinking wrong, I am thankful for any information you have for me
Best regards,
lxndio
I've bought another 486 computer. FDISK does only recognize 504 MB of hard drive space which an error I am normally aware of but this computer seems to have an interesting problem. Normally, 504 MB would be 1,024 cylinders if I am not wrong and the BIOS should only see 1,024 cylinders when doing an HDD scan. But this BIOS (Award Modular BIOS 2.50g) recognizes all 16,384 cylinders the HDD has (40 GB; the amount of cylinders is written on the HDD). That means, DOS should normally be able to use as much space as it supports (I think 8 GB).
Would you try to boot a small Linux distribution like Tomsrtbt and try to format it with Linux or try to make a BIOS update? Maybe that is normal and it is just me thinking wrong, I am thankful for any information you have for me
Best regards,
lxndio