Addressing Drive Capacity Limitations - Seagate ST33221A - Medalist 3.2 GB Hard Drive Installation Manual

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Recommendation
We recommend you use Disk Manager to diagnose your BIOS
and determine whether additional BIOS support is needed. Disk
Manager indicates when the installation is complete. If Disk
Manager determines that your BIOS needs support for drives
with capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes, detailed instructions will
be provided regarding booting from a floppy. See page 15 for
information on Installation using Disk Manager .
In addition, Disk Manager provides a quicker, easier installation.
Disk Manager partitions and formats your drive. If you do not
want to use Disk Manager, you can use the standard DOS com-
mands to partition and format your drive, as described on page
17.
Addressing drive-capacity limitations
Some DOS-based computers and operating systems are not
designed to accommodate large-capacity hard disc drives. The
three most common system limitations are listed below, along
with suggestions for overcoming these limitations. See your sys-
tem manual to determine which (if any) of these limitations
applies to your computer.
528-Mbyte limit
The BIOS in some older computers cannot accommodate drives
with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. Seagate provides free
Disk Manager software with your drive to overcome this limita-
tion. Alternatively, you can purchase a hard drive controller or a
BIOS upgrade that supports drives with capacities greater than
528 Mbytes.