Re: Installing on an OLD Computer & NEC HardDrive, etc....

From: Greg Broten <broteng_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 12:38:27 CST

Yes, the system actually does work under DOS! I've NEVER seen Linux
refuse to recognize a HD before and I've installed on older 486's than
this one. This error has me quite puzzled!

GSB

On Wed, 31 May 2000, Scott Wunsch wrote:

> On Wed, 31-May-2000 at 10:27:37 -0600, Greg Broten wrote:
>
> > HDA: Unexpected INTR: Error 0x04 {DriveStatusError}
> > " Status 0x51 {DriverREadySeekComplete}
> >
> > Anybody have any ideas what the problem may be.
>
> Do the drive and system actually *work*? Or could it be that something has
> simply died of old age?
>
>

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