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XTIDE (+NIC) on a 486 system, some questions.

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First post, by manuelink64

Posted on 2016-09-11, 00:12

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Hi guys!

The XTIDE it's a wonderful thing 😊 (and a wonderful pain in the ass too 🤣 ).
the info around the web is very vague too...

I figured it out how to setup almost everything reading some threads here. 😀
but I have a big question

In the original bios, how I setup the HDD?
Should I choose between none, user, or any of the predefined types?

Regards!

[Unisys CWP] [CPU] AMD-X5-133ADZ [RAM] 64 MB (4x36) FPM [HDD] Seagate 8.4GB [Audio] SB16 SCSI 2 (CT1770) [Video] ATI Mach64VT2 [OS] Windows 95 OSR2.5

Reply 1 of 4, by 133MHz

Posted on 2016-09-11, 00:23

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When using the XTIDE ROM you set the BIOS hard disk setting to None. I assume you're trying to break the 528MB barrier or add a large hard drive to a Non-LBA BIOS. What OS are you planning to run on your 486?

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Reply 2 of 4, by manuelink64

Posted on 2016-09-11, 00:43

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133MHz wrote:
When using the XTIDE ROM you set the BIOS hard disk setting to None. I assume you're trying to break the 528MB barrier or add a large hard drive to a Non-LBA BIOS. What OS are you planning to run on your 486?

Podríamos escribir en español y dejar tirados a los gringos 🤣

Thanks 133Mhz, I'll have to burn another eprom again 😵

My first setup was choose "user type" (527mb), when XTIDE booted up, the launcher shows two HDD, the 527mb disk, and the real disk (8.4GB)... 😵

My system is a 486Dx4-100Mhz with 64MB RAM, 256Kb Cache, 1MB VGA video (integrated CL-5434), HDD 8.4GB

I really want DOS6.22+win3.11, but the FAT16 limit are a big problem, I choose to install win95osr2 😊

regards!

PD: my real desire it's a dual boot system with win311/win95, but i try and fail miserably 😢

[Unisys CWP] [CPU] AMD-X5-133ADZ [RAM] 64 MB (4x36) FPM [HDD] Seagate 8.4GB [Audio] SB16 SCSI 2 (CT1770) [Video] ATI Mach64VT2 [OS] Windows 95 OSR2.5

Reply 3 of 4, by 133MHz

Posted on 2016-09-11, 02:33

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I asked about the OS because the problem with XTIDE and Windows 95 is that you get the dreaded "Drive C is using MS-DOS compatibility mode file system" and therefore slow disk performance, but there seems to be some workarounds for that.

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Reply 4 of 4, by manuelink64

Posted on 2016-09-11, 04:29

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133MHz wrote:
I asked about the OS because the problem with XTIDE and Windows 95 is that you get the dreaded "Drive C is using MS-DOS compatibility mode file system" and therefore slow disk performance, but there seems to be some workarounds for that.

well, I will try anyway, thanks for the info 😉

regards!

[Unisys CWP] [CPU] AMD-X5-133ADZ [RAM] 64 MB (4x36) FPM [HDD] Seagate 8.4GB [Audio] SB16 SCSI 2 (CT1770) [Video] ATI Mach64VT2 [OS] Windows 95 OSR2.5

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