Seagate ST33221A Product Manual - Page 15
Recommendation, Addressing drive-capacity limitations - medalist hard drive
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Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 11 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 commands 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 system 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 limitation. Alternatively, you can purchase a hard drive controller or a BIOS upgrade that supports drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes.