On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:31:59 -0400, Bill Blanton
wrote:

On 11/3/2010 08:16, legg wrote:
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.

No error messages? Are you still getting the ~HD fatal error?

Usually don't wait that long to find out. Takes some time.


In the case of the floppy boot, are you certain that floppy is set to
boot before HD?

Yes, and it does, if boot procedes. I've been using it to clean boot
and try to get some cooperation from one of the W98 attempts.

RL