Configuring The System For Optional Drives In Smartstation; Configuring An Ide Hard Drive - Compaq LTE Elite Maintenance And Service Manual

Appendix C - Configuring the System for Optional Drives
in SmartStation
Introduction
This appendix covers configuring the system for optional drives (other than
SCSI-2) that are installed in the Compaq SmartStation and includes the
following:
o Configuring an IDE hard drive
o Setting configuration switches for a diskette, tape or an IDE hard drive
o Changing the A/B and C/D logical drive designations
o Installing EXTDISK.SYS on the Compaq LTE Lite
NOTE: Refer to Appendix F to configure the system for optional SCSI-2
devices.
If you are installing an IDE hard drive, follow the procedures in Section
C.1 to configure the system. If you are installing an IDE hard drive in an
expansion base that will dock a Compaq LTE Lite, install the EXTDISK.SYS
file as described in Section C.4.
If you are installing a diskette drive, set the configuration switches as
described in Section C.2 and read the information on changing the A/B drive
designations in Section C.3.
If you are installing a tape drive, set the configuration switches as
described in Section C.2 and install the tape utility as described in the
documentation included with the tape drive.
C.1 Configuring An IDE Hard Drive
The Compaq SmartStation has its own interface for an integrated drive
electronics (IDE) hard drive. A hard drive installed in the expansion base
operates on a separate IDE adapter from the one used by the hard drive in
the computer.
IMPORTANT: MS-DOS 6 or higher (5.0 or higher as published by Compaq) is
required to use an optional IDE hard drive in the Compaq
SmartStation. When using a previous version of MS-DOS, the
computer will not recognize the optional IDE hard drive in the
Compaq SmartStation.
To configure the system for an IDE hard drive, complete the following
steps:
1. Before installing the drive, ensure that the master/slave/single
jumpers on the drive are set correctly.