Re: 160G DD on PCI + W95 + Pentium??

Laurent S. <postel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ******** 160G DD on PCI + W95 + Pentium??
>
> Hi all,
>
> On an old Pentium 200Mhz of 1997 under W95 (W95 is on
> a DD on the internal IDE bus), I am trying to install
>
> (1) an auxiliary Connectland Ultra ATA/IDE PCI
> Controler card (Ultra DMA & RAID)
>
> carrying
>
> (2) a Hitachi 160G Deckstar ATA/IDE hard disk
> connected to the card (1).
>
> Here's the problem. I cannot find a W95 driver to read
> the disk (2). The W95 drivers on the minidisk
> accompanying item (1) do not load. So the Hitachi DD
> remains inaccessible.
>
> Howerever all is OK under W2000 so it is a W95 problem.

> QUESTION. Can you confirm that a W95
> solution exists and point me to it?

One of the other controllers should work.

> I have some software that will not (yet? ever?)
> run under W2000. Is W98 a plausible solution?

Yes, the only real reason to run W95 is
if there is very little memory, say 16M etc.


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