Defining your own drive type

If the parameters for your hard disk (listed in its documentation) do not match any of the types listed in the table above, you can define your own type. Follow these steps:

1.Move your cursor to Hard Disk 1 or 2 and press + or - until you see drive type 48 or type 49.

2.Press + to move the cursor to the Cyl field.

3.Type the appropriate cylinder value for your hard disk. The documentation that came with your hard disk drive will provide the appropriate information.

4.Continue pressing + to move the cursor to the next field and type in the appropriate values.

If you are installing Epson-supplied drives, use the information in the following table to define your drive type.

Epson-supplied hard disk drive types

Actual formatted size may be slightly different than size on drive label.

Note

If you are going to install NetWare 286, version 2.2, you cannot assign a user-defined drive type for your drive without installing two IDE drivers. You can obtain these drivers (IDE.DSK and IDE.OBJ) by downloading IDE286.ZIP from CompuServe®Alternatively, you can select one of the pre-defined hard disk drive types that most closely matches the drive you are installing.

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