> > The problem with using DRIVPARM appears to be an incompatibility with the
> > IBM BIOS, NOT an issue of which version of the OS!
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Sipke de Wal wrote:
> I'm not shure but couldn't this be circumvented with "driver.sys"
> It will take a few bytes of memory more than DRIVPARM but
> it should work on any IBM-compatibe system including the ones from
> big blue itself .
Yes, DRIVER.SYS will work. But it loads an entirely unnecessary device
driver into the scarce 640K real estate. It also puts the drive at a
different letter. While most people will not run out of drive letters,
some demented software (including certain MICROS~1 OS installs) refuses to
accept any but A: and B: for the floppy letters!
By running a BIOS other than IBM's, it is possible to use DRIVPARM to
merely set the drive parameters to their correct values.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Tue Jun 27 2000 - 20:04:27 BST