P5A, Win98SE, Ultra100 (was Re: p5a with 150gb HD)

--- In ASUSMB%40yahoogroups.com">ASUSMByahoogroups.com, "Sheldon Isaac"; <sheldonhisaac...>
wrote:

> I have an ASUS P5A motherboard, I think rev 1.06. I guess from
> about 1999 or so.

I got the 160Gb Seagate ST3160815A.

As I recall, only able to access up to 137Gb.

Put in the Promise (Maxtor) Ultra100 PDC20267 PCI IDE controller.
Dunno whether it has the correct BIOS flashed?

Then DOS and Damn Small Linux were able to access a 3Gb Windows-type
partition at the "end&quot; of the drive (see at bottom)

But Windows 98SE (gosh-knows-what patches and updates in it) fails
to boot. I booted in safe mode, removed the PCI controller in
Device Manager, rebooted. When Windows asks where to find the
drivers (which ones should I use?), I cancel. Only then will
Windows boot to a desktop.
There's a yellow exclamation point by the controller in Device
Manager.

How can this be made to work normally?

Thanks again,
Sheldon

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Ranish Partition Manager Version 2.40.00 February
08, 2001 ¦
----------------------------------------------------------
Hard Disk 2 152,627Mbytes [19,457 cylinders x 255 heads x 63
sectors
Using
LBA
¦
File Starting Ending
Partition ¦
# Type Row System Type Cyl Head Sect Cyl Head Sect
Size [KB] ¦

¦
0 MBR Master Boot Record 0 0 1 0 0
1 0 ¦
1 Pri Unused 0 0 2 0 0
63 31 ¦
2 Pri 1 Windows FAT-32 LBA 0 1 1 986 254 63
7,928,046 ¦
3 Pri 2 VFAT Extended LBA 987 0 1 19,456 254 63
148,360,275 ¦
4 + Log VFAT FAT-16 LBA 987 1 1 1,060 254 63
594,373 ¦
5 ¦ Ext Extended 1,061 0 1 2,000 254 63
7,550,550 ¦
6 + Log Windows FAT-32 LBA 1,061 1 1 2,000 254 63
7,550,518 ¦
7 ¦ Ext Extended 2,001 0 1 2,940 254 63
7,550,550 ¦
8 + Log Windows FAT-32 LBA 2,001 1 1 2,940 254 63
7,550,518
9 ¦ Ext Extended 2,941 0 1 3,880 254 63
7,550,550
10 + Log Windows FAT-32 LBA 2,941 1 1 3,880 254 63
7,550,518
11 + Log Unused 3,881 0 1 18,999 254 63
121,443,367
12 ¦ Ext Extended 19,000 0 1 19,456 254 63
3,670,852
13 + Log Windows FAT-32 LBA 19,000 1 1 19,456 254 63
3,670,821
14 Pri Unused 19,457 0 1 19,457 80
63
2,551

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--- In ASUSMB%40yahoogroups.com">ASUSMByahoogroups.com, "Sheldon Isaac"; <sheldonhisaac...>
wrote:
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&gt; --- In ASUSMB%40yahoogroups.com">ASUSMByahoogroups.com, "Sheldon Isaac"; <sheldonhisaac>
> wrote:
&gt;
> > I have an ASUS P5A motherboard, I think rev 1.06. I guess
from
> > about 1999 or so.
>
> I got the 160Gb Seagate ST3160815A.
>
> As I recall, only able to access up to 137Gb.

Interesting. I guess that motherboard is a lot older than I thought.

> Put in the Promise (Maxtor) Ultra100 PDC20267 PCI IDE controller.
> Dunno whether it has the correct BIOS flashed?
>
> Then DOS and Damn Small Linux were able to access a 3Gb Windows-
type
> partition at the "end&quot; of the drive (see at bottom)
>
> But Windows 98SE (gosh-knows-what patches and updates in it) fails
> to boot. I booted in safe mode, removed the PCI controller in
> Device Manager, rebooted. When Windows asks where to find the
> drivers (which ones should I use?), I cancel. Only then will
> Windows boot to a desktop.
> There's a yellow exclamation point by the controller in Device
> Manager.
>
> How can this be made to work normally?

That's a good question. Does Promise have drivers for that card for
Win98SE? It's been so long since I've done anything with Win98... I
don't remember for sure what the limitations are as far as hard drive
sizes, or maximum partition sizes. I kinda remember having to divide
big hard drives up into a lot of small partitions because of the
limits with FAT32 and Win98.

Perhaps it's time to consider upgrading to a more modern version of
Windows?

Rick

http://www.Hogans-Systems.com

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