Epson Equity III Product Support Bulletin page 16

EPSON
EPSON AMERICA, INC.
SERVICE
PSB NO.: S-0072
SUBJECT: Using Seagate ST251 and ST4096 Hard Disk Drives in the
Equity
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install two of the more popular hard disk drives - the Seagate
ST-251 and ST-4096 - in
ST-251
The ST-251 is a 5.25", half-height 40MB HDD. Unfortunately,
the drive parameters (820 cylinders with 6 heads) are somewhat
unusual and are not incorporated in the Epson ROM BIOS version
2.20, or earlier, drive type table. The closest drive type
available is Type 3 (615 cylinders, 6 heads). This would yield
30MB of available disk space.
is an alternative - use a third-party utility such as SpeedStor
or Disk Manager.
disk space.
Here is the method used to install the drive with SpeedStor
5.11:
version
1
- With the drive type in SETUP set to NONE, physically
install the ST-251 as you would any other HDD.
2 - Boot the system with either MS-DOS 3.20 or 3.30.
3 -
Insert the SpeedStor diskette, type INSTALL and press
ENTER.
(Seagate, ST-251) and the size of the partitions
(your choice).
4 -
After the
prompt you to insert
then transfer the system files to the HDD.
prompts you to re-insert the SpeedStor diskette and
will copy the HARDRIVE.SYS device driver to the HDD and
create the CONFIG.SYS file needed to load the driver.
5 -
When the
diskette
If the
from Storage Dimensions will appear and the system will
boot up to the C> prompt.
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This procedure would yield 40MB of available
Respond to the prompts regarding the drive type
partitioning
process is completed,
and press CTRL-ALT-DEL
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