On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:13:10 -0400, Bill Blanton
wrote:

On 11/2/2010 17:24, legg wrote:
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If you have on operating system installed on one drive
then add an add'l drive that is larger than the bios can support...
all you need to do is *disable* that channel in the bios.

The machine should now boot normally and the operating system should see
the drive.
If you are using XP_sp3 or above, the entire 160 gigs should be
available. have a look in disc management

No WXP on this system.

The system will boot the W98 2ed OS, on the new 160G HDD, with single
125/137G partition, in primary master position, provided the primary
slave slot is empty. If there's a slave installed (W2K sp4 alternate
boot OS), then it won't boot from anything, not even a floppy.

Does the BIOS see the primary drive if the slave is connected, or is it
a soft boot failure?

All connected drives are listed correctly as the boot process stops.

RL