a problem
this then seems to indicate that the major problem you have is with
your BIOS
(not the BIOS in the EIDEMAX). ALso, since the EIDEMAX does have an
IDE
interface - did you try connecting the drive to it? According to the
doc at
stason.org the interface is enabled by default and it is the primary
IDE
controller plus the on-board BIOS is enabled. Next, since the legacy
MF card would have it's IDE set to IRQ 15 you should change the
EIDEMAX
to IRQ 14.
Now, as for googling... I found over 1300 references - for
"promise eidemax" (though a very good portion of them are
for the EIDEMAX II). And, which revision of the EIDEMAX do you
have? Original, or REV B? (there are two docs on stason.org;
1 for each rev.) The Rev A can have the on-board BIOS disabled,
the REV B can't.
And, in reference to hard disk limitations in DOS, etc, see:
http://www.computing.net/answers/dos/limitation-in-hard-disk-drive-size-in-dos/2097.html
It has a very good description on limitations within the software and
BIOS and may
explain what is going on with your system. And, within your system,
it is 0, or 1 which is the 'auto-type' setting, unless there is a
specific
one that says 'auto'. You may have to upgrade your systems BIOS
(if there is an upgrade)
I have not been able to locate a 'user' manual for the EIDEMAX (only
for the II)
Now, you need to understand that the EIDEMAX was originally meant as
a primary controller (as evidenced by the REV A default jumpers), or
as
a secondary controller. You MUST connect the drives it is to control
to it which is what you are NOT doing. You are still using your
original IDE controller as evidenced by the cable from the drive!
On Sep 10, 7:39 am, LRH <lrhand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> DOS6.22 FDISK WILL recognize the large disk. When set as type 0 ("not
> installed") or type 1 in CMOS, the EIDEMAX detects CHS=6296,16,63, and
> translates it to 787,128,63. FDISK then recognizes the full 3095 MB
> of the disk, and I can partition and format it however I please,
> except that no logical drive can be larger than 2 GB. Currently, the
> disk is partitioned as 6 drives (one primary partition and five
> logical drives in an extended DOS partition).
>
> Win98se FDISK or GDISK could format it as one FAT32 partition, but
> then I couldn't use some DOS software that is "hardwired" for FAT16.
> The PC does not have a CD-ROM, so I cannot install Win98se. I can run
> the internal and external DOS commands from Win98se if I boot from a
> Win98se boot disk.
>
> I have tried several of the 46 predefined hard drive types. The only
> two that have worked are type 0 and type 1.
>
> I have searched on Google numerous times, but didn't find anything
> helpful. Evidently, I have not used the right search terms. What
> terms did you use?
>
> The PC has a 1991 vintage multifunction card, which includes the
> primary IDE connector. The hard drive ribbon cable is connected to
> it. The EIDEMAX card is not connected to anything; it is simply
> plugged into a 16-bit ISA slot. It is advertised to work in just this
> way.
>
> The person who sold me the card sent me a PDF of the owner's manual
> for the EIDEMAX II. It mentions using the [F2] key to access a setup
> menu when the PC is booting up. F2 does not work on the EIDEMAX. Is
> there a comparable key for the EIDEMAX?
>
> I looked at the upper memory footprint of the EIDEMAX, and it
> indicates that the user can select Turbo, Fast, or Normal mode. Since
> I do not have an owner's manual, I do not know how to access these, or
> if there are any other selections that might be available if I knew
> the correct keystroke during bootup.
>
> On Sep 8, 10:18 am, KwikOne <kerryku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Next, FDISK/DOS 6.22 will NOT recognize your large disk.
> > WhenI had searched on google I found at leat a couple dozen
> > forum/articles which gave solutions which worked. Did you
> > look at them?
> > Also, is your EIDEMAX the primary or secondary card in
> > your machine? Is it the only IDE card?
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